The Considus Journalhttps://considus.com/journal/Writing on privacy, craft and building software slowly.en-gbProton Bridge MCP, and the problem with encrypted mailhttps://considus.com/journal/proton-bridge-mcp-launch/https://considus.com/journal/proton-bridge-mcp-launch/ProductsSat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000Rows of numbered industrial metal mailboxes

Proton has no API for your inbox, and that is the product working rather than a gap in it. Here is the way round that keeps your mail on your own machine.

]]>Catchlight, where it standshttps://considus.com/journal/catchlight-where-it-stands/https://considus.com/journal/catchlight-where-it-stands/ProductsSat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000A watchmaker's bench with a loupe, tweezers and a watch movement part way through a repair

An honest progress report on the first Considus product. What is built, what got torn out and rebuilt, and why there is no date attached to any of it.

]]>What a one-person studio can actually dohttps://considus.com/journal/small-studio-software/https://considus.com/journal/small-studio-software/CraftSat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000A luthier working alone on a guitar body at his workshop bench

Not a claim that small is better at everything, because it isn't. A straight look at what a studio this size can do that a large one structurally can't, and what it gives up for it.

]]>Using AI to write code isn't cheatinghttps://considus.com/journal/ai-coding-is-not-cheating/https://considus.com/journal/ai-coding-is-not-cheating/CraftSat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000Precision measuring tools including callipers laid out on a black surface

It removes effort, not judgement, and it will take a finger off if you're not careful. What building with it actually changed, and what it didn't touch at all.

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