What is mattwood.fyi?

A live, structured feed of riffs and links from Matt Wood, Chief AI & Technology Officer at AWS — readable by people and queryable by agents as a typed knowledge graph.

Is there an API and is it free?

Yes. A public, read-only query API is available with no authentication and no API keys. See https://mattwood.fyi/openapi.json and https://mattwood.fyi/docs.

How should an AI agent use this site?

Fetch https://mattwood.fyi/feed.json for the full structured feed, or query the API for keyword/semantic search and the connection graph. See https://mattwood.fyi/agents/ for when-to-use guidance.

Write.md - Customizable Markdown Editor for macOS

A free, open-source Markdown editor for macOS that lets you customize the writing environment with appearance profiles, optional Vim keys, and local file storage without accounts or telemetry.

I love my growing collection of Markdown editors. This one looks fun.

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The Zero-Cost Fallacy: Open Source in the Agentic Era (Thoughtworks) Write.md as free open-source software with local storage exemplifies the sustainable open-source model discussed in 'Zero-Cost Fallacy' — it avoids the hidden costs (accounts, cloud dependency) that the article critiques in agentic-era open source
Command Line Interface Guidelines Write.md's design philosophy of minimal, customizable, privacy-respecting tooling aligns with CLI guidelines' emphasis on respecting user autonomy and avoiding unwanted behavior like telemetry

Challenges

The Anti-Mac Interface Write.md doubles down on traditional Mac-native, keyboard-centric (Vim keys), file-system-based editing — directly opposing the Anti-Mac Interface's argument that such paradigms should be abandoned for more agent/task-oriented UIs

Related to

Pi, Minimal and Performant Both Pi and Write.md share a design philosophy of minimalism and performance — Pi is described as 'minimal and performant' while Write.md emphasizes a distraction-free, lightweight writing environment without accounts or telemetry
Proof Editor - Collaborative Document Editor for Agents and Humans Both are document/text editors targeting specific workflows (Write.md for Markdown writing, Proof Editor for collaborative agent/human editing), with emphasis on clean, focused editing environments

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How I Under-Engineered my Book Both advocate for simple, focused writing tools (Obsidian/Word vs. Write.md) over complex workflows, reinforcing the value of minimal-friction writing environments

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First published:	Tuesday, 11 August 2026 at 19:45 UTC
Location:	https://writemd.app/
URL:	https://mattwood.fyi/i/ee52d0b7

I'm Matt Wood, and this is For Your Information. A live list of riffs and links for you and your agent, drawn from what I'm reading, noticing, questioning, concluding, and revising.

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