Eureka! I think I may have just had an aha moment. Perhaps one of the most important of my life. One of those rare flashes in which a little fog suddenly lifts, and a faint light begins — timidly, almost apologetically — to spread through the darkness of one’s ignorance. It may turn out to … Continue reading The Tribal Animal
On cooperation, conflict, and the difficult dream of turning humanity into one tribe.
The Pioneers’ EraPalm-Down BasketballOld-School BasketballHandball with BasketsOn Comparing Eras Basketball did not evolve in a straight line. This is perhaps the first uncomfortable truth that needs to be stated, because our time is obsessed with the idea that everything must improve, that every new version is superior to the previous one, that time itself guarantees … Continue reading Basketball Eras
How the Game Lost Itself
In recent years, few expressions have acquired the reassuring aura of data‑driven decision making. The phrase has a distinctly modern charm: it suggests rigour without pedantry, objectivity without coldness, and intelligence without ideology. Decisions, we are told, should be guided by data rather than intuition, facts rather than opinions, evidence rather than sentiment. All of … Continue reading Demystifying Data‑Driven Decision Approach
Metrics can illuminate patterns, but they cannot absolve us from the responsibility of thinking.
What Retriva isMilestone #0: from idea to working systemThe four-module structureThe strange experience of coding with modern agentsThe technical manager’s forbidden dreamWhy this matters to meWhat comes nextClosing note In the final section of my previous post, LLandre in Wonderland, published on April 5, 2026, I briefly anticipated that something was taking shape: an open-source … Continue reading The Retriva Project — Part I
Milestone #0 achieved