edwin

edwin

New York
email: edwin at uristocrat.com

My Second Brain: How I Use Obsidian, Why I Left Roam, and the Getting Things Done Setup Underneath It

I have been running some version of a second brain since 2020. It moved from Roam Research to Obsidian, and
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The Knowledge Harness: How Uristocrat.com Keeps AI Output Trustworthy

The Knowledge Harness Engineers do not rely on raw large language model output; instead, they use verification systems. When AI
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How I Build Products in Spring 2026

The bottleneck I find isn't with building anymore, but rather knowing what to build. With AI, I can
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Project x402 for Uristocrat.com

For most of the web's history, there have only been two ways to get paid: ads, or subscriptions.
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How Uristocrat.com Runs With AI Agents and No Staff

I run a publication called Uristocrat. It covers sneakers, sports, culture, and technology. It publishes daily editorial content across four
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Project Watch.Uristocrat: What It Took to Build the Reddit Version of Watch Uristocrat

watch.uristocrat.com tells you what sports are on today and where to watch them. Pick a league, get the
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Project Mixtape

Project Mixtape

mixtape — make someone a tapeMake someone a mixtape. Like it’s 1996 and you mean it. Mixtape Is Live: Make
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Project: Uristocrat Studios Skills Store

Uristocrat Studios — Skills StoreProduction-ready Claude Skills for founders and operators. Drop in a Skill, ship faster.

Project: Economic Mental Models for Builders

Economic Thinking for Builders — Uristocrat Studios Most builders run on gut and opinion. That works, until the team grows, capital
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Projects: Uristocrat Haiku

Uristocrat Haiku