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The BaseHalf blog explains the thinking behind the product: why Maps matter, why Points open as pages, and how reusable context changes AI workflows.

Start with these notes if you want the product philosophy before the manual.

Essays

• Less thread, more thinking explains why the chat thread is a useful starting point but a weak long-term container.
• BaseHalf vs ChatGPT explains the difference between a general AI assistant and a reusable context workspace.
• AI chat vs AI workspace explains when a conversation is enough and when work needs visible structure.
• Why Points open as pages explains the relationship between visual structure and durable writing space.
• Project management is context management explains why complex projects need visible decisions, risks, evidence, meeting updates, and reusable context.
• From PDF to study system walks through a concrete workflow from static source material to connected review.
• Context is the interface explains why the next AI interface is made from reusable pieces of context.
• Maps beat folders for AI work compares spatial work surfaces with nested storage.
• What compounds in thinking explains which parts of AI work should accumulate.
• Why AI work needs memory surfaces argues for visible project memory over invisible recall.

The theme

AI work becomes more valuable when it can be reused. The question is not only "what did the model answer?" The better question is "which parts of this answer should become context for the next step?"