There's a counterintuitive thing that happens when you start sharing work before it's ready: people engage with it more, not less. The messy early drafts invite collaboration. The unfinished thinking attracts people who want to think alongside you.

Why polish can be a trap

When everything is polished before publishing, you've already made all the decisions. There's nothing left for readers to contribute. But when you share a half-formed idea, the comments and responses often contain the missing half.

This wiki is an experiment in that spirit. Notes are pushed from Obsidian as they develop — not when they're done.

The Obsidian workflow

Every file in my vault that's tagged #publish automatically syncs to this site. Public pages go live immediately. Research notes go behind access controls. The whole system runs on a simple push script.

Write in Obsidian, tag with access level
Push to git, webhook triggers a build
Pages appear here within minutes

It's not perfect — but it's running, and running beats perfect every time.