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Gavs Note

Simplify, Learn, and Create—One Note at a Time.

The atomic newsletter for Personal Knowledge Management.

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Always under 400 words.

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Gavin

Featured Posts

Oct 8, 2026

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1 min read

I Wanted a Simple App

Then I kept adding features

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Oct 1, 2026

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1 min read

The Rule Behind the Problem

I kept trying to improve the system instead of questioning the rule behind it

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Sep 24, 2026

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1 min read

The Workflow Got Better

The system didn't.

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Past Issues

Oct 8, 2026

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1 min read

I Wanted a Simple App

Then I kept adding features

Gavin m

Oct 1, 2026

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1 min read

The Rule Behind the Problem

I kept trying to improve the system instead of questioning the rule behind it

Gavin m

Sep 24, 2026

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1 min read

The Workflow Got Better

The system didn't.

Gavin m

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

How I Use AI Better Now

From asking isolated questions to making AI part of the workflow

Gavin m

Sep 10, 2026

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1 min read

Improve the Part, Not Just the Whole

Deliberate practice starts by finding the bottleneck

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Sep 3, 2026

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1 min read

One book is not enough

Why I stopped taking notes on one book at a time

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I stopped reading everything the same way

Aug 27, 2026

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1 min read

I stopped reading everything the same way

What Mortimer Adler taught me about knowing what to drop

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Aug 20, 2026

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1 min read

The two notes I never skip

One in the morning, one at night, neither one optional

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writing

Aug 13, 2026

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1 min read

Waiting to feel ready

That's not discipline

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