An attention layer, not a feed
RafeOS Reading module looks to give an AI and integration twist to the traditional feed reader.
Writing
Essays and notes on product, technology and AI — and the transformation that happens where they meet: how it's changing the way we think, lead and work.
Health, unified
How multiple health sources are combined into one and lessons from the agentic layer.
An agentic hybrid to-do list
What a shared AI-enabled and agent-friendly to-do list looks like. Lessons from RafeOS.
The messaging layer
Unified incoming comms and identifying what needs a reply.
One API, one MCP, one CLI
The one-ness at the heart of RafeOS is a shared API, MCP and CLI that make it surface agnostic.
The Cockpit
An introduction to Cockpit, the personal app that is the face of RafeOS.
What is RafeOS?
An introduction to RafeOS: the parts, what they look like, and how they fit together.
Why I built a personal operating system
The why of RafeOS, the agentic edge, AI engineering, and what it's taught me so far
A front door for people and machines
Two audiences now: the bifurcation the web and how this site looks to address this.
AI Provenance on rafeblandford.com
Every post here carries a label saying how it was made — written by me, with AI, or AI-authored. Why that pattern matters, and how I draw the lines.
Lessons in AI Adoption
The UK Government's AI Adoption Plan for the creative industries: eight strong recommendations, an eye-catching stat, and what to take from them.
Screen Time + Digital Wellbeing Score
I wanted to know whether my digital life was actually healthy, not just how many hours I'd racked up — so I built a digital wellbeing score into RafeOS.
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Occasional pieces on product, technology and AI — and how they actually play out in practice.