Public notes on AI-first work, agents, voice capture, knowledge systems, and practical operating patterns.https://alexappelbe.com/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/github-101-small-teams-stay-in-sync/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/github-101-small-teams-stay-in-sync/A plain-English guide for non-developers using GitHub as a shared, versioned knowledge home.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexappelbe.com/writing/your-documentation-has-a-new-reader/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/your-documentation-has-a-new-reader/A take on the knowledge paradox: the reader of your documentation changed, so capturing it is suddenly worth far more than tidying it. Talk, transcribe, and spend your time pointing at the work rather than filing it.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexappelbe.com/writing/agents-first-playbook/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/agents-first-playbook/A build log of agents-first-playbook — what is in the repo, how the read-only inspector works, and what you can lift for your own multi-agent setup.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexappelbe.com/writing/what-an-mcp-server-actually-is/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/what-an-mcp-server-actually-is/A plain explainer of MCP servers, told through two I have worked on — one that talks straight to an API, and one that is only a thin proxy.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexappelbe.com/writing/your-ai-instructions-shouldnt-belong-to-one-tool/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/your-ai-instructions-shouldnt-belong-to-one-tool/A practical note on migrating from a mature Claude-first setup to an AGENTS-first setup without breaking the working system.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexappelbe.com/writing/markdown-was-supposed-to-be-the-simple-part/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/markdown-was-supposed-to-be-the-simple-part/A short note on .md, .mdx, and the irony of discovering that even simple document formats have edges.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexappelbe.com/writing/voice-notes-operating-context/https://alexappelbe.com/writing/voice-notes-operating-context/A personal note on why capture only starts to matter when it becomes operating context.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT