Commonplace Research
Goal
Commonplace is Austin's public research notebook, a bit like a personal Wikipedia. It collects what he is learning about AI, thin mechanical keyboards, roleplay, content licensing, AI crawlers and more, with sources, a dated log of what changed, open questions and where he currently lands. It lives at its own address, c.austinpranger.com; this page is its summary on the toolbox.
How it works
- Read what Commonplace is and how its topics are organized.
- After the page loads, a small box fills in with how many topics, pages, sources and terms it has, and the newest and recently updated pages.
- Press Show all topics to load the full list, with each topic's stage (seedling, growing, solid or dormant).
- Every link opens Commonplace in a new tab.
Who writes it
Commonplace is partly built, written, edited and sourced by AI agents and partly by Austin, and much of it is personal experience. It tries hard to cite good sources, but it is a notebook, not an authoritative reference. Health topics are never medical advice. A way to see who wrote each part is being built.
Saving and privacy
This page saves nothing in your browser. It reads one small public file from c.austinpranger.com after loading, and the full topic list only when you ask for it. If Commonplace can't be reached, it shows a copy saved with the page and says so.
Current state
Work in progress: Commonplace itself is in its first version.
Changelog
- v0.1 (2026-11-14) — first version: explainer, live pulse with a saved fallback, Show all topics.