Archive - BuildingBetter

The Fermi Fallacy

We searched a hot tub and declared the ocean empty

Apr 4 • André Figueira

The Serpent and the Machine

How a 3,400-Year-Old Symbol Explains Consciousness, Evolution, and Why the Machine Doesn't Care About the Beings Inside It

Apr 2 • André Figueira

I Built a Star Trek LCARS Terminal to Manage My Claude Code Setup

I’ve been using Claude Code heavily for months now.

Apr 2 • André Figueira

I Read the Claude Code Source Code. Here's Everything You Can Configure That the Docs Don't Tell You.

Hook fields that rewrite commands mid-flight, persistent agent memory, auto-mode rules in plain English, self-improving dream loops, and every example…

Apr 1 • André Figueira

Claude Code was leaked... I Read All 500,000 Lines of Claude Code. It Dreams About Your Codebase While You Sleep.

What half a million lines of bundled TypeScript reveal about where AI coding agents are actually going

Apr 1 • André Figueira

March 2026

From Conspiracy to Colony

What Lunar Life Will Actually Look Like

Mar 28 • André Figueira

Boots on the Ground in Iran

Why the US is Preparing to Invade Iran and Why It Won't End the Way Anyone Thinks

Mar 26 • André Figueira

The Spice Must Flow

What Dune Gets Right About the Next Oil Crisis

Mar 22 • André Figueira

The War With No Off Switch

A NexusHQ Strategic Intelligence Briefing on Nuclear Escalation Risk in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Mar 21 • André Figueira

The Gradient and the Narrator

How Your Brain Makes Decisions Your Ego Takes Credit For

Mar 15 • André Figueira

I Built an Intelligence Platform That Predicts Markets With 89% Accuracy. Here's How.

Markets move due to humans, so if you track what humans do, it can help you predict them.

Mar 11 • André Figueira

January 2026

Brainmaxxing protocols

You have a simulator in your head and you're not using it.

Jan 26 • André Figueira

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