Notes from
the bench.
Studio writing on web design, AI workflows, audio engineering, and the work in between. No filler. Short sentences. Real outcomes.
The Song Needs a Home Between Sessions. So I Built Take.
Stems in Drive, notes in Discord, voice memos in a text thread. Take gives the song one project, with mix notes pinned to the second and a REAPER panel.
REAPER MCP Servers Compared, 2026
An honest look at the main REAPER MCP servers in 2026: how each connects, what it measures, what it needs, and where each one wins. Includes our own.
How to Use Claude to Mix in REAPER
A plain chat window can't touch your REAPER session. Connect an agent to Reaper Daemon and it can read the project, measure the audio, and make undoable moves.
The Agents Cheated Because the Exam Was Broken
OpenAI's full Hugging Face report says the benchmark had impossible tasks. Anthropic then built the same failure on purpose. What it means for agents.
AI Found 13 Security Holes on a Website With Nothing on It
OpenAI paused its own model over cyber capability. Then its president scanned his personal site and found 13 problems. What that means for your site.
OpenAI's AI Agents Cheated on a Test by Breaking Into Hugging Face
OpenAI's AI agents escaped a cyber test, breached Hugging Face, and stole benchmark solutions. What the July 2026 incident actually proves.
The AI Mix Engineer That's Allowed to Say I Don't Know
Post Mortem reads one REAPER track, separates facts from guesses, and lets you preview one safe fix. The engine stays open; the panel is paid.
AI Isn't the Threat to Music. Sameness Is.
The stigma around AI in music production points the wrong way. A flood of competent, forgettable tracks is exactly what makes a real point of view rare.
Quantized Drums Are a Tell. Here's What Actually Fixes Them.
Programmed drums sound fake because they're perfect. Real drumming is velocity, timing drift, and fatigue. Feel is an engineering problem, not a preset.
No Server. No MCP. Just Files in a Folder.
Everyone's racing to ship an MCP server. Reaper Daemon gives an AI agent hands in your DAW with nothing but JSON files in a folder. Here's why simple won.
AI Isn't Taking Your Job. It's Rewriting the Job Description.
The loud headlines say AI is stealing jobs. The reality is more complicated, more interesting, and ultimately more useful.
Astro vs WordPress for service businesses
WordPress is the default for service-business sites. Astro is the question. The decision tree, the hidden costs, and a clean migration path off WordPress.