Observations — BUT. HonestlyEssays on technology and modern life — attention, AI, and what our tools are quietly doing to how we work and think. Questions over hot takes.https://buthonestly.io/enThe Buildings That Never Werehttps://buthonestly.io/buildings-never-were/https://buthonestly.io/buildings-never-were/Capcom rebuilt the Raccoon City police station for Resident Evil 9. I hadn’t been inside in twenty-odd years and still knew the way to the records room.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMTObservationsWhen AI Stops Being a Toolhttps://buthonestly.io/when-ai-stops-being-a-tool/https://buthonestly.io/when-ai-stops-being-a-tool/We let AI set the rhythm. Instead of leading it, we let ourselves be led by it, following it blindly.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMTObservationsUsing AI To Choose What To Play With ADHDhttps://buthonestly.io/choosing-what-to-play/https://buthonestly.io/choosing-what-to-play/Choosing what to play is harder than playing. How I use AI to match a game to my state of mind, instead of losing the evening to my own library.Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMTObservationsMy Mental ADHD Planner: How I Blog Without Burning Outhttps://buthonestly.io/adhd-planner/https://buthonestly.io/adhd-planner/How I stopped fighting ADHD, accepted creative cycles, and built a simple mental planner to blog consistently without burning out.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMTObservationsWhat Is a Web Developer? How I Became One Before AIhttps://buthonestly.io/what-is-a-web-developer/https://buthonestly.io/what-is-a-web-developer/How I became a web developer before AI and what today’s devs can still learn from that slower, hands-on way.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMTObservationsTouched by AI, Treated Like Slop: The Midas Touch of The Modern Internethttps://buthonestly.io/ai-slop-midas-touch-modern-internet/https://buthonestly.io/ai-slop-midas-touch-modern-internet/I shared six years of Steam review data on Reddit. The thread skipped the methodology and argued about the AI-made infographic instead.Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:00 GMTObservationsVibe Writing and the Line Between Human and Machinehttps://buthonestly.io/vibe-writing-line-between-human-machine/https://buthonestly.io/vibe-writing-line-between-human-machine/Vibe writing treats AI as a thinking partner, raising fresh questions about originality, intention, and what makes writing human.Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:00:00 GMTObservationsWhy I Write in Markdown for Most of My Workhttps://buthonestly.io/write-in-markdown/https://buthonestly.io/write-in-markdown/Markdown keeps my hands on the keyboard and my drafts in files I can open anywhere. Five bits of syntax cover almost everything I write.Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:00:00 GMTObservations