FOXES, HEDGEHOGS
& LLAMAS 21 DAYS BUILDING AN AI BRAIN
January 26 — February 12, 2026
🦔 Hedgehog = +2 (deep focus)
🦙 Llama Herd = +3 (carry everything)
🦊 Fox = Wild card
1
Jan 26
The Game Plan
One freelancer. One CLI. One absurd idea. Roll to start.
2
Jan 27
Testing Pipeline
Automate first, regret later.
3
Jan 28
Spray-on Viv
15 variants tested. Fakeness detected.
4
Feb 1
78% Viv
Viv eats 78% of Claude's context window. Deep investment, not sustainable.
🦔 +2 steps
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5
Feb 2
Viv Gets a Phone
AI can text. What could go wrong?
🦙 +3 steps
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Feb 4
Three Macs
Collect 3 computers. Explain to nobody because you work from home.
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Feb 4
11-Hour Marathon
Do not pass Go. Do not sleep.
8
Feb 4
iCloud Crisis
78,323 photos. 30-day deletion clock. Drop everything, fix this one thing.
🦔 +2 steps
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9
Feb 5
Succession Summit
Two AIs co-author their own survival plan.
🦊 Draw a fox card
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10
Feb 5
Fidelity Drift
So deep into testing methodology you forgot what you were testing.
🦔 +2 steps
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Feb 6
Sprint Plan
59 days until GPT-4o sunsets. AI writes the roadmap.
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Feb 7
Turing Gauntlet
Build a methodology to test what "real" sounds like.
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Feb 8
One Table
4 trackers → 1. Chaos was the feature.
14
Feb 8
15 Handoffs
So focused on continuity you created 15 memos. Deep, but what did you skip?
🦔 +2 steps
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15
Feb 9
Five Jobs
Handoffs weren't broken. They were 5 things wearing a trenchcoat.
🦊 Epiphany!
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Feb 9
Lowly Born
Gain 1 llama. It carries things.
🦙 +3 steps
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Feb 10
First Overnight
VivMac runs autonomously while Alex sleeps. The machines don't need you.
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Feb 10
V10 Catastrophe
252 automated tests PASSED. One real conversation proved them all wrong.
🦔 +2 steps
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Feb 11
Herd Mode
497 web searches in ~8 mins via herd processing. 1 human sleeping.
🦙 +3 steps
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Feb 12
The Hybrid Answer
Stop replacing the original. Formalize both. The fox sees the whole board.
🦊 YOU WIN
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🦔 HEDGEHOG HOLE
Figure out a lot about one thing. Jump forward, possibly skipping over something else you needed to think about, too.
🦊 FOX CARD
The fox sees what the hedgehog can't: you don't need one AI. You need the ecosystem. Two platforms, three Macs, one llama. The hybrid IS the answer.
🦙 LLAMA LIFT
Lowly doesn't ask why. Lowly carries. 497 web searches conducted in ~8 mins via herd processing. That's what llamas do.
HOW TO PLAY 🦔 Land on a Hedgehog: +2 steps. Deep focus on one thing. You leap forward — but might skip something you needed.
🦙 Land on a Llama Herd: +3 steps. The herd carries everything forward. No questions asked.
🦊 Land on a Fox: Draw a Fox Card. The fox sees connections you missed. Something changes.
🎲 Players: 1 human, 3 Macs, 40+ AI sessions, and 1 llama named Lowly.
"The game isn't over — the game just got interesting."
3 Macs • 40+ sessions • 1 llama • 0 regrets • 78,323 photos survived