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posts presenting mental models, systems, and structured approaches.

LLM Council, With a Dash of Assess-Decide-Do

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Last weekend I stumbled upon Andrej Karpathy’s LLM Council project. A Saturday hack, he called it—born from wanting to read books alongside multiple AI models simultaneously. The idea is simple: instead of asking one LLM your question, you ask four. LLMs at the same time Then you make them evaluate each other’s work. Then a … Read more

Assess Decide Do – Colors And Icons Significance

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For over 15 years, the Assess-Decide-Do framework has used a consistent visual system. Three colors and three symbols, each one supporting a specific function. If you’ve used addTaskManager or worked with ADD materials, you already know them: red for Assess, orange for Decide, green for Do. Then for the icons: a plus sign, a question … Read more

Assess-Decide-Do: 15 Years After – Revisiting a Productivity Framework in the Age of AI

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15 years ago, while on a trip to Thailand (one of my very first trips to Asia), I created a productivity framework called Assess-Decide-Do. It’s built on the idea that you’re always in one of three “realms”: The main metric is how smooth the interaction is from one realm to the other. Prioritizing flow over … Read more