Building Agora

Weekly updates from a non-developer building Agora: a social reading app for understanding philosophy. Things I learn, useful tutorials, tools I've used, things I stuff up etc.

Feb 22, 2026

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3 min read

Don't get angry at the AI!

It will retaliate by being worse and chewing up your tokens

Nick Hutton

Why has AI started using so. Many. Short. Sentences?

Feb 2, 2026

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2 min read

Why has AI started using so. Many. Short. Sentences?

And yes, it's causing me slight sanity issues.

Nick Hutton

Jan 26, 2026

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3 min read

Building Agora

We're back

Nick Hutton

Dec 9, 2025

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2 min read

Building Agora: Nearly Done

Part 1 at least

Nick Hutton

Dec 1, 2025

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2 min read

Honing in on the release

A couple of tidy up bits, and Gerald.

Nick Hutton

Nov 24, 2025

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3 min read

Building social features

What's the best way to get a person's marginalia on the screen?

Nick Hutton