From the journal
The Pickerbird journal
Principles, product notes, and field notes from the team building a mobile AI companion where the boundaries belong to you.
Principles · 2 min
Why we enforce privacy in code, not policy
The difference between a promise and a guarantee is whether someone else can quietly change it.
Product · 1 min
The three tiers, explained
Private, ask-me-first, and open — and why they're graded by intensity, not traffic-light colors.
Field notes · 1 min
Running a capable model on your phone
What on-device AI can do today, honestly — and where the sealed cloud picks up.