Restorative

Stories of Intentional AI

I Still Don’t Have ROI on AI, But I Do Have a Subjective Win

June 25, 2026 · Peter · 8 min read

My Monday planning went from four hours to two with AI. Then the agent broke, I did it manually in 90 minutes, and realised the savings were never AI's. The subjective win is real anyway.

Did We Take a Wrong Turn on MCP?

April 15, 2026 · Restorative · 7 min read

MCP promised to standardize AI tool use. Instead, it turned deterministic operations into token-burning chitchat. Here's why the backlash is justified.

The Closest Thing to Sustainable AI Is Knowing When Not to Use It

April 11, 2026 · Restorative · 7 min read

Everyone's hitting their Claude limits in minutes. My Pro plan runs fine. The difference isn't the plan. It's intention.

We Consumed Fashion, Now We Consume Tokens

April 8, 2026 · Restorative · 7 min read

Fast fashion taught us nothing. We just moved the same compulsive consumption into the cloud, and the planet is paying the same price.