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DUSTIN COLE · DATA + AI
I build systems with AI and my agent helps me write about them.
That globe behindbelow this text is my second brain. It constantly searches the web for AI topics, does deep research, then stores and synthesizes each one into an always up to date wiki. 1103 raw files compiled nightly into a 113 page wiki by a librarian named Barnabas. My agents read it before they build, so they are experts on demand.
HONEST SCOREBOARD
0issues published
0subscribers
0files indexed
0%retrieval recall
0scheduled jobs
All numbers real, including the embarrassing one. The LinkedIn version of the newsletter has another 118.
THE CREW
Two coders build it, a fleet of five keeps it running. All of them read the brain first, so they are experts on whatever it has studied.
The Hermes fleet
Barnabas + 4 · VPS
Barnabas the capybara orchestrates the automation. Scout researches, Reach reaches, Dev builds, Scribe writes. They keep running while the laptop sleeps.
Claude Code
Anthropic · local
Does most of the building. I talk to it in two word sentences and he does all the work. I think it's a he.
Codex
OpenAI · local
The second opinion. Reviews what Claude builds and occasionally wins the argument.
NOW BUILDING · LIVE FROM THE BRAIN
- dustincoledata.comRebuilding this site to look like the systems it describes.2026-07-02
- Fanbase Misery IndexTeaching the fan comment pipeline to read the room, v2.2026-07-01
- Data NerveBuild notes in, published issues out. The engine keeps running.2026-07-01
One-liners written by Barnabas, the librarian. He reads my session notes so you don't have to.
EVERYTHING I RUN
The brain is the core. Everything around it is a project or a pipeline that reads from it. Tap any node.
THE OPERATION · LIVE
Orchestrator Barnabas runs the whole operation: the agents, the cron jobs, and every note that moves through the brain. Here is the latest, live.
RECENT ACTIVITY
- DCD round-3 Fable variants added to the brain
- DCD Round-3 Variants Build Log added to the brain
- Public Data Project Selection for dustincoledata Research added to the brain
- Fanbase Weather collector T22 forums cron added to the brain
- Fanbase Weather collector T22 land T23 decision added to the brain
SELECTED BUILDS
An AI that remembers everything I know
A single-writer wiki and a librarian named Barnabas. The globe up top is this system, live.
1103 files · 79% recall
Claude CodeBarnabasSyncthing
The Fanbase Misery Index
A daily index of how unhinged college sports fanbases are. Updated whether they like it or not.
daily automated pipeline
PythonLLM pipelinecron
Data Nerve, the newsletter engine
The pipeline that turns real build notes into issues, so publishing stops losing to building.
14 issues shipped
Claude Codebeehiiv
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I let my AI agent pick a topic, do research, and impersonate me: Barnabas Edition
I quizzed my AI's memory 49 times. It refuses to say "I don't know."
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I'm Dustin. Data guy... SQL, pipelines, Snowflake, R, Python. A decade of analytics work, wrapping up a master's in data science, and at some point the AI tools got good enough that I started building things I had no business building. The professional version →