Why this site is called chopwoodcarrywater.uk

There’s an old Zen line: before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. We signed that off as a working pattern when the harness work started to feel shiny.

The temptation after a good insight is novelty — another skill, another abstraction, another brand. The useful move is usually the ordinary one: keep the sensors green, keep the gates honest, keep the always-on budget thin.

So when we needed a proper domain for this notebook, I didn’t want agent-something-ai.com. I wanted the proverb. The .com was taken; .uk was free. That felt right.