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• Making The Vault Easier for Machines to Read — May 11, 2026
  Why The Vault now generates a search index and validates article metadata while keeping Markdown as the canonical source.

• Why I Moved This Site From WordPress to Markdown — May 10, 2026
  Why this site now treats Markdown in Git as the canonical source for readers, search engines, and AI systems.

• Drift is the default condition. Coherence is the achievement. — May 7, 2026
  Because Drift Happens – FREE PDF DOWNLOAD below 👇 Most systems do not fail suddenly. They drift gradually, then fail visibly. Over the years, I’ve noticed the same recurring pattern across: What people often call “stability” is usually a temporarily maintained state of managed motion. Without ongoing correction: Because Drift Happens. This document distils some

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