Hugo on This Hollow Earth — Geospatial Tech & ESG Supply Chain Risk

Claude, OpenCode, Pi

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Let’s get ready to build!

I installed OpenCode and Pi and was amazed by how smooth the installation goes. Really quick and nice. And after being away from the command line for 10 years, it’s so nice to see the modern TUI animations. Wonderful!
I want to use the Claude model family for production, so I signed up for a Pro account. Works great. Installed the Claude Code cli client, authenticated and we’re all good. Then I go to OpenCode to switch the model to Claude Sonnet. It asks me for an API key. No panic, just go to the web dashboard and look around in the settings. Nothing. Checked the documentation and found Anthropic has 2 kinds of subscriptions: chat / cowork (including code) and developer (platform). And the accounts don’t seem to be linked. AND THAT PISSES ME OFF. I’m okay with paying for stuff. But I am not okay with this intransparant bullshit. I haven’t figured out what to do yet. I don’t feel like also paying for an API key.

Bootstrapping This Hollow Earth

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bootstrapping This Hollow Earth.

I want to know if the AI hype is real. To find out, I decided to start using AI in my day to day workflow. The idea is as follows:

I am consulting about technology, product development, organisations and environmental supply chain risk. Great, but there are many people doing that and claiming to be good. How do you know if I’m for real or full of shit?
By show, don’t tell. I build products and show how I do it.
To build (design, engineer, ship, market, sell) the products, I will use AI. Using AI to build products allows me to learn and evaluate.
I write about my adventures and publish them to exploit the teachers paradox.

So, to get us started, we need 2 things:

Launch Day: thishollow.earth Is Live

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Soft-launching the new thishollow.earth: new landing page, products & concepts stream, solutions page with CYNTHIA, BERT, and WALTER, and a tech notes stream.