The Journal

The Command Line Learned English

The interface between humans and computers just flipped. Writers finally have the advantage.

Alex Wilson•March 14, 2026•3 min

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Your AI Has Chapter-Amnesia (And Your Reader Will Notice)

AI writing, fiction writing, AI repetition, description registry, writing tools, AI context window, novel writing, motif tracking

Alex Wilson•February 28, 2026•4 min

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Every AI Tool I Tried, and the Few That Stuck

What the shiny tool phase actually costs, and how I stopped chasing AI tools and started working with the few that stuck.

Alex Wilson•February 16, 2026•7 min

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How I Built a Website Engine Without Writing a Single Line of Code

I've been trying to build this thing for years. Different languages, different frameworks, one false start after another. This time, I let AI handle the code while I focused on the decisions that actually mattered.

Alex Wilson•February 16, 2026•5 min

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From 23 Years of Enterprise Automation to Building for Myself

I spent 23 years building automation systems for someone else. After a layoff, I stopped filing "someday" away and started building for myself.

Alex Wilson•February 15, 2026•5 min