Ian L. Paterson
Writing on cybersecurity, going public, and what actually happens in the boardroom.
Featured Guides
- Guide to Victoria’s Tech Community Companies, coworking, exits, and what makes the ecosystem tick.
- Getting To & From Victoria, BC Every route compared: ferries, flights, floatplanes, and driving.
- Gear That Endures A decade of travel, use, and failure. What survived and what didn’t.
- Tech Innovation Policy in Canada Trust, disclosure, and what Canadian tech policy actually needs.
Ian’s personal blog.
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How I Built Persistent Memory for Claude Code
The full architecture for giving Claude Code persistent memory across sessions: four layers of markdown files, two commands, five cron jobs, and the 8 design rules I derived from breaking it over 22 days.
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OpenClaw: 13 Errors, $1.50/Month, and an AI Team That Doesn’t Need the Cloud
OpenClaw on Apple Silicon with a 24B local model: 14 real errors fixed, sub-agent delivery working, $1.50/month total. Every config documented.
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Creative Destruction Labs – Review
What I Wish I Knew before going through Creative Destruction Labs (CDL) Accelerator Creative Destruction Labs (“CDL”) is a startup accelerator/incubator that…
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Meeting Angel Investors In a New City (without a network)
aka Growth Hack to Meet 54 Angel Investors In a New City (without knowing a soul) They say the best way to…