Mental Meanders

Playing with “why?”

I came across a one-shot interactive version of Calvino’s Invisible Cities. The author used a single prompt to trigger a one-shot explorable…

Oct 9 • Jeff Swensen

September 2026

April 2026

The Itch Problem

AI is a great on-ramp. You still have to want to go somewhere.

Apr 13 • Jeff Swensen

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Why I Keep Building Tiny Apps Nobody Asked For

And Why That's the Point

Apr 7 • Jeff Swensen

The transcript is the work

What AI-assisted development is leaving on the table

Apr 1 • Jeff Swensen

December 2025

We used Gemini to visualize our completed home renovation

The speed with which Nano Banana provided value was eye-opening.

Dec 17, 2025 • Jeff Swensen

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September 2025

Space to think

Cut your own grass

Sep 23, 2025 • Jeff Swensen

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August 2025

How to choose a good engineering project

Pareto Optimality and Engineering Career Growth

Aug 13, 2025 • Jeff Swensen