Swiss Grid Design
System Architecture // Vol. 04

The Cognitive
Infrastructure.

Most people build a "Second Brain" to remember things. This is a mistake. In the age of LLMs (Large Language Models), memory is cheap.

You should not build a system to store information. You should build a system to retrieve intelligence. We call this Cognitive Infrastructure.

"Your notes are not a library. They are a dataset for your personal AI."

Phase 1: The System Audit

Why is your current system failing? Use the Logic Gate below to identify your architectural bottleneck.

/// SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC TOOL

SELECT YOUR PRIMARY SYMPTOM:

Phase 2: The C.O.D.E. 2.0 Protocol

Tiago Forte introduced C.O.D.E. (Capture, Organize, Distill, Express). In 2026, AI changes the steps:

  • Capture: Do not type. Speak. Use Otter.ai or Whisper to capture raw audio.
  • Organize: Do not tag. Let AI Auto-Tag based on semantic meaning.
  • Distill: Do not summarize manually. Use Claude/GPT to extract "Actionable Axioms."

The External Link Strategy

To understand the depth of this shift, refer to the BASB Methodology and cross-reference it with OpenAI's research on Context Windows.

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