Martori studio journal https://martori.studio/journal Notes written as the studio builds: experimental AI, hard seasons, safety, and what it costs to make the work. en-us 2026-07-24T05:20:17.959Z Catching up to it https://martori.studio/journal/catching-up-to-it https://martori.studio/journal/catching-up-to-it 2026-07-24T12:00:00-05:00 For a long time the whole studio lived in my head. This week I built the thing that could finally hold it, and found out why setting it down felt physical. Vibe coding, community, and building in the open https://martori.studio/journal/twenty-eight-days-in-the-open https://martori.studio/journal/twenty-eight-days-in-the-open 2026-07-14T12:00:00-05:00 Twenty-eight days ago I turned a camera on and left it running. The stigma around how I build never survived contact with what it actually takes. The week the frontier moved https://martori.studio/journal/the-week-the-frontier-moved https://martori.studio/journal/the-week-the-frontier-moved 2026-07-10T12:00:00-05:00 Grok 4.5, Sol 5.6, Spark, and Fable 5 all landed in seven days. Here is what actually changed, and what it did not. Gone in sixty seconds https://martori.studio/journal/gone-in-sixty-seconds https://martori.studio/journal/gone-in-sixty-seconds 2026-07-01T12:00:00-05:00 I built Surge for myself first. The reset kept working faster than it had any right to. Sovereignty Tech and the AI race https://martori.studio/journal/sovereignty-tech-and-the-ai-race https://martori.studio/journal/sovereignty-tech-and-the-ai-race 2026-06-01T12:00:00-05:00 A note on stepping out of the extraction race. Your data is yours alone, and intelligence can come to you. Anyone can do this now https://martori.studio/journal/anyone-can-do-this-now https://martori.studio/journal/anyone-can-do-this-now 2026-06-01T12:00:00-05:00 I started in a Germantown apartment with a laptop and an idea. Turns out that’s all anyone needs now. Building while afraid https://martori.studio/journal/building-while-afraid https://martori.studio/journal/building-while-afraid 2026-06-01T12:00:00-05:00 The doubt only got louder once I finally had the tools to build. Less making, more asking https://martori.studio/journal/less-making-more-asking https://martori.studio/journal/less-making-more-asking 2026-06-01T12:00:00-05:00 There comes a week when the hardest thing left to do can't be built. The bridge between craft and connection https://martori.studio/journal/bridge-craft-and-connection https://martori.studio/journal/bridge-craft-and-connection 2026-06-01T12:00:00-05:00 A good song deserves to be heard, but only on the writer's terms. The other days https://martori.studio/journal/the-other-days https://martori.studio/journal/the-other-days 2026-06-01T12:00:00-05:00 Most software is built for people at their best. This is for the other days.