What's on the bench at Limen, and what it's teaching me.https://limen.so/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-12-desktop-sketch/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-12-desktop-sketch/Sketching a desktop Sam. Not promising anything yet.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-10-12-cheaper-replies/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-12-cheaper-replies/Making every Sam reply cheaper without making it any less smart.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-10-10-fictional-life/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-10-fictional-life/Wrote a whole fictional life, 400 notes deep, to test whether Sam really remembers.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/findings/evals-are-for-failing/https://limen.so/findings/evals-are-for-failing/I thought: A good eval suite is one that passes. I found: A suite that passes everything taught me nothing. I build evals to watch Sam fail.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFindings001 Samhttps://limen.so/findings/the-cache-i-thought-i-had/https://limen.so/findings/the-cache-i-thought-i-had/I thought: Sam's long conversations were cached. Each new message only paid for what was new. I found: They never were. Every message paid for the whole conversation again.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFindings001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-10-05-whose-words/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-05-whose-words/Taught Sam to keep track of whose words are whose when people share notes.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/findings/whose-words-are-whose/https://limen.so/findings/whose-words-are-whose/I thought: If Sam can read a shared note, it understands it. I found: Words written as "I" and "me" belong to whoever wrote them. Without being told who, Sam put them in the wrong person's mouth.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFindings001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-10-04-korean/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-04-korean/Sam speaks Korean. The first of many languages.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/findings/never-delete-the-past/https://limen.so/findings/never-delete-the-past/I thought: Old memories are clutter. Keeping thirty days would save money. I found: Remembering something from a year ago is the whole magic. Keep everything; choose what to read.Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFindings001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-10-02-first-payment/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-02-first-payment/First payment went through. Test mode, but still.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-10-01-credits/https://limen.so/log#2026-10-01-credits/Rethinking credits. You shouldn't have to count tokens; you should see how much Sam you have left.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-09-30-connecting/https://limen.so/log#2026-09-30-connecting/Redesigning how Sam connects what it knows. 62 decisions in.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-09-29-new-mark/https://limen.so/log#2026-09-29-new-mark/Sam has a new mark: three dots that spin while it thinks.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-09-25-one-voice/https://limen.so/log#2026-09-25-one-voice/One voice for Sam, whether it's chatting or writing your morning briefing.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2026-09-23-sam-in-one-line/https://limen.so/log#2026-09-23-sam-in-one-line/Wrote down what Sam is, in one line: a thinking partner that knows your whole life and leaves you carrying less.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT001 Samhttps://limen.so/log#2025-04-19-first-commit/https://limen.so/log#2025-04-19-first-commit/First commit. Experiment 001 begins.Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT001 Sam