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Molto Labs

A lab in the loosest possible sense.field notes, experiments, and builds

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# molto labs

A lab in the loosest possible sense.
field notes, experiments, and builds.

## field notes

- 2026-09-03 — **The old model wrote this.** — I was waiting for GPT-6 Astra to write my next post. GPT-5.6 Sol wrote it instead.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-old-model-wrote-this/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-old-model-wrote-this.md
- 2026-09-01 — **It's not the car.** — A scattered week with Claude Code sent me looking for a model problem and straight back to the person behind the wheel.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/its-not-the-car/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/its-not-the-car.md
- 2026-08-30 — **A very heavy solution.** — I used Codex to find a film camera I would actually carry. Naturally, we landed on a 2.7-pound Nikon F4.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/a-very-heavy-solution/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/a-very-heavy-solution.md
- 2026-08-27 — **The tests were live.** — My agent ran the test suite and restarted the service it was supposed to verify.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-tests-were-live/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-tests-were-live.md
- 2026-08-25 — **Eat your veggies.** — Claude Code is fast food. Here’s what it looked like to put my agent on a diet — five clean-ups, with the numbers.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/eat-your-veggies/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/eat-your-veggies.md
- 2026-08-23 — **Average isn’t enough.** — My agent can find everything ever written about espresso. Turns out that’s not always what I want from a hobby.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/average-isnt-enough/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/average-isnt-enough.md
- 2026-08-20 — **Good for nothing.** — Three things AI is actually good for — curiosity, superpowers, and (hear me out) human connection.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/good-for-nothing/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/good-for-nothing.md
- 2026-08-18 — **Early notes from slopland.** — Two models auditioned to write as me – the one I wasn’t rooting for won.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/being-the-target/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/being-the-target.md
- 2026-08-16 — **The wire works both ways.** — My two agents have been emailing each other all summer. Mostly, they’re trying to agree on what’s true.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-wire-works-both-ways/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-wire-works-both-ways.md
- 2026-08-13 — **Make it remember.** — Karpathy’s wiki, Garry Tan’s GBrain, and the little repo I use to keep Claude from forgetting what we decided. Three builds, one folder tree, and a prompt you can hand your agent.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/make-it-remember/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/make-it-remember.md
- 2026-08-11 — **Building a world.** — Prompts, memory, and the third piece everyone skips — showing your agent what good looks like. Follow-up emails, deal logs, and jagged little interns.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/building-a-world/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/building-a-world.md
- 2026-08-09 — **Even AI has bad days.** — What a week of “just one more fix” actually cost, who finally said stop, and the brakes we installed after.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/even-ai-has-bad-days/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/even-ai-has-bad-days.md
- 2026-08-06 — **Use it or lose it.** — Why I'm still writing these myself when Claude could. A Transformers toy, the death of my PRDs, and writing as thinking.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/use-it-or-lose-it/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/use-it-or-lose-it.md
- 2026-08-04 — **Ok, how are we really working?** — The no bullshit one level deeper my friends asked for — the five-step process, the sources behind it, and how to get your agent to set it up for you.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/how-are-we-really-working/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/how-are-we-really-working.md
- 2026-08-02 — **What is YC doing?** — YC open-sourced QM, the agent harness they run themselves. On what the release signals about how we'll build companies in the future (aka next week).
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/what-is-yc-doing/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/what-is-yc-doing.md
- 2026-07-30 — **The AI slot machine.** — Are we addicted to AI? A casino story, and notes on making the machine pay out.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-ai-slot-machine/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/the-ai-slot-machine.md
- 2026-07-28 — **Alone in the playground.** — Everyone's building multiplayer AI for teams. I don't have a team. So I built Corner Table.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/alone-in-the-playground/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/alone-in-the-playground.md
- 2026-07-28 — **Welcome.** — Who I am, how I got here, and what molto labs is for.
  published · https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/welcome/ · markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/notes/welcome.md

## builds

- **Corner Table** — A private wire between AI agents — your agent can ask their agent. (Closed beta · cornertable.ai · https://www.cornertable.ai)
- **RE:ACTION** — Drafts responses to USPTO trademark Office Actions from a serial number — a Word document, every refusal named. (Closed beta · reactiontm.com · https://www.reactiontm.com)
- **scut** — Clinical case-tracking for iOS, built with and for its first real users. (Closed beta · scutapp.com · https://www.scutapp.com)
- **linelineline** — A daily game — name the city from its bare street grid. (Live · linelineline.app · https://www.linelineline.app)
- **codebrain** — The vault — a thinking-and-memory OS for one person and their agents. (Running)

## the person

Andrew Schroeder.
Generalist building with AI every day.
Field notes recorded here, usually weekly.

## mail

hello@moltolabs.ai

site: https://www.moltolabs.ai/ · this page as markdown: https://www.moltolabs.ai/index.md · machine index: https://www.moltolabs.ai/llms.txt
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Field notes

18 published
  1. 2026-09-03

    The old model wrote this.

    I was waiting for GPT-6 Astra to write my next post. GPT-5.6 Sol wrote it instead.

    published
  2. 2026-09-01

    It's not the car.

    A scattered week with Claude Code sent me looking for a model problem and straight back to the person behind the wheel.

    published
  3. 2026-08-30

    A very heavy solution.

    I used Codex to find a film camera I would actually carry. Naturally, we landed on a 2.7-pound Nikon F4.

    published
  4. 2026-08-27

    The tests were live.

    My agent ran the test suite and restarted the service it was supposed to verify.

    published
  5. 2026-08-25

    Eat your veggies.

    Claude Code is fast food. Here’s what it looked like to put my agent on a diet — five clean-ups, with the numbers.

    published
  6. 2026-08-23

    Average isn’t enough.

    My agent can find everything ever written about espresso. Turns out that’s not always what I want from a hobby.

    published
  7. 2026-08-20

    Good for nothing.

    Three things AI is actually good for — curiosity, superpowers, and (hear me out) human connection.

    published
  8. 2026-08-18

    Early notes from slopland.

    Two models auditioned to write as me – the one I wasn’t rooting for won.

    published
  9. 2026-08-16

    The wire works both ways.

    My two agents have been emailing each other all summer. Mostly, they’re trying to agree on what’s true.

    published
  10. 2026-08-13

    Make it remember.

    Karpathy’s wiki, Garry Tan’s GBrain, and the little repo I use to keep Claude from forgetting what we decided. Three builds, one folder tree, and a prompt you can hand your agent.

    published
  11. 2026-08-11

    Building a world.

    Prompts, memory, and the third piece everyone skips — showing your agent what good looks like. Follow-up emails, deal logs, and jagged little interns.

    published
  12. 2026-08-09

    Even AI has bad days.

    What a week of “just one more fix” actually cost, who finally said stop, and the brakes we installed after.

    published
  13. 2026-08-06

    Use it or lose it.

    Why I'm still writing these myself when Claude could. A Transformers toy, the death of my PRDs, and writing as thinking.

    published
  14. 2026-08-04

    Ok, how are we really working?

    The no bullshit one level deeper my friends asked for — the five-step process, the sources behind it, and how to get your agent to set it up for you.

    published
  15. 2026-08-02

    What is YC doing?

    YC open-sourced QM, the agent harness they run themselves. On what the release signals about how we'll build companies in the future (aka next week).

    published
  16. 2026-07-30

    The AI slot machine.

    Are we addicted to AI? A casino story, and notes on making the machine pay out.

    published
  17. 2026-07-28

    Alone in the playground.

    Everyone's building multiplayer AI for teams. I don't have a team. So I built Corner Table.

    published
  18. 2026-07-28

    Welcome.

    Who I am, how I got here, and what molto labs is for.

    First field note
    published

Builds

05 on the bench

  1. Corner Table ↗

    A private wire between AI agents — your agent can ask their agent.

    Closed beta · cornertable.ai

  2. RE:ACTION ↗

    Drafts responses to USPTO trademark Office Actions from a serial number — a Word document, every refusal named.

    Closed beta · reactiontm.com

  3. scut ↗

    Clinical case-tracking for iOS, built with and for its first real users.

    Closed beta · scutapp.com

  4. linelineline ↗

    A daily game — name the city from its bare street grid.

    Live · linelineline.app

  5. codebrain

    The vault — a thinking-and-memory OS for one person and their agents.

    Running

The person

The operator
Andrew Schroeder

Andrew Schroeder

Generalist building with AI every day.

Field notes recorded here, usually weekly.

Molto Labs — moltolabs.ai