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Notes from the build.
Clarence is being built in the open: the decisions, the reversals, and the occasional essay on why people drift. Follow along by RSS or from the changelog.
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July 4, 2026
The threat model for an app that reads your messages
Clarence asks to read the most personal data on a Mac. Before anyone grants that, they deserve the list of ways it could go wrong, and the design decision that answers each one.
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July 3, 2026
Building Clarence in the open
What Clarence is, why a privacy product has to be built in daylight, and what this blog will carry: decisions, reversals, and the occasional essay on drift.
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July 3, 2026
Our marketing plan is giving the answers away
People already ask AI assistants what to text a friend they've lost touch with. Our plan is to publish the real answers, free, and measure honestly whether it works.
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