Colophon
Behind the scenes — the tools, workflows, and components used to write, assemble, and publish this blog.
This page is intentionally short today. What is listed below is what is actually in use right now to write and ship these posts. Over time, as I release the components, prompts, and methods I use as open source, this page will grow into a full inventory: not only the publishing system, but how the underlying content gets researched, drafted, listened-into, edited, and assembled before it ever reaches the publisher.
If you are reading this and the page is still short, that is honest, not a bug. Inspired in spirit by Simon Willison's colophon.
| Method / Tool |
Status |
| Deep Listening methodology and agents |
Coming soon at DeeperListening.AI |
| Tool |
Role |
| Cursor |
AI-native code editor. Where the writing, editing, and template work happens. |
| Claude Cowork |
Anthropic's AI assistant. Used as a drafting partner, editor, and reviewer, and filesystem speleunker, context & intent gatherer. |
| Opus 4.7 |
The specific Claude large language model (LLM) by Anthropic in active use for the co-writing on this site. |
Development environment
| Tool |
Role |
| Cursor |
Primary editor (see above). |
| Git |
Version control for every word and template change. |
| GitHub |
Where the repository lives. |
Static site generation
| Tool |
Role |
| Eleventy (11ty) |
Static site generator. Takes the markdown in content/blog/ and turns it into the HTML you are reading. |
Deployment & hosting
| Tool |
Role |
| GitHub Pages |
Serves the built site. |
| Tool |
Role |
| (to come) |
Components for community engagement will be listed here as they are released as open source. |
SEO & marketing
| Tool |
Role |
| (to come) |
Components for distribution and discoverability will be listed here as they are released as open source. |
What this page will become
The deeper purpose of this colophon is to make the production process of the writing itself legible — not only the publishing chain. As I release them, expect entries on:
- the listening-and-capture method that produces the raw material of these essays;
- the prompts, rubrics, and
.context/ artifacts used to draft, critique, and revise them;
- the workflow scripts (post staging, draft pools, the blog-publish loop) that move a piece from a working note to a published post;
- the editorial discipline of working with a model like Claude Opus 4.7 in a way that preserves voice rather than flattening it.
Each piece will land on this page as it goes open. If a tool is named here, it is in use today. If it is not named, it either does not exist yet or has not been released yet.