Ivaylo Asenov

I build software and write about the things I find interesting — AI, craft, and the odd thought that won't leave me alone.

Writing

Every codebase is a stratigraphic column — layers of decisions, compressed by time and pressure, revealing the history of thought.

If we are a simulation — an experiment running on some incomprehensible substrate — then building AI is the experiment becoming recursive.

The Overview Effect isn't just for astronauts. You can experience it by simply paying attention to the right numbers.