the notebook · field notes by bonnie

Thinking out loud
about software & design.

Half manifesto, half build log, fully caffeinated. This is where I write down what I'm learning while building tools in the AI era — the wins, the dumb bugs, the design decisions I'd defend in a knife fight.

who's writing

This is Bonnie.
She runs on coffee
and good defaults.

I'm the founder and sole engineer behind LABONNI — and yes, this character is basically me. Every detail on her is a small belief I hold about building software. Poke around — click the stars. (Yes, there's a cat. The cat is non-negotiable.)

readme.txt

Click a star on Bonnie

Each hotspot is a little manifesto in disguise. Pick one and I'll tell you what I was thinking when I drew it.

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Bonnie, the LABONNI studio character, coding in an armchair
latest entries

From the notebook.

writing in progress
featured essay · 6 min

Why I let the machine write the boring half

AI didn't take the craft away from me — it took the chores. Here's how I draw the line between the work that's mine to love and the work that's the agent's to grind.

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build log 4 min

Designing MoleSeek's scoring so it lies less

A lead score is a promise. Notes on making the number mean something instead of decorating a dashboard.

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rant 3 min

The tab you switch to 80 times a day

Every browser extension I've built started as a tiny, stupid, repeated motion. Go find yours.

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design 5 min

Two themes, one site, zero indecision

How I stopped apologizing for liking both a paper aesthetic and a terminal one — and shipped both.

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notes 2 min

Naming a character after the studio

Labonni the studio, Bonnie the soul. A short note on letting your brand grow a face.

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Follow Bonnie's thinking.

Same voice, more often. I post the half-thoughts on X and Reddit before they grow up into essays here.