Archive - Cliff Kamppari-Miller

If it's not in the rules, it's not in the game

The rules you live by create the life you have.

Jul 1 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

June 2026

Why starting feels so damn hard.

And a few thoughts on getting past it.

Jun 8 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

Lessons from a month of writing on Substack

What I learned from writing here every day this May.

Jun 1 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

May 2026

So, what am I actually supposed to do here?

Substack for beginners according to Substackers.

May 31 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

Personality tests are bad epistemics.

A single test cannot measure a person.

May 29 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

Chapters don't live in the logistics

Break at the reveal, not the relocation.

May 29 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

Building agents is a self-knowledge practice.

Why expert agents require more than just vibes.

May 28 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

Naming is the hardest problem

On condensing identity.

May 27 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

Criticism should come with claims

Don't assume your team is psychic.

May 25 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

What you choose not to make is part of the work.

Why feature creep is killing your project.

May 24 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

All the models are wrong and all we have are models.

Building in a world where nothing is certain.

May 24 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

We're entering the age of personal media.

What happens when you can get anything you want?

May 22 • Cliff Kamppari-Miller

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