<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>kas.the.dev / blog</title><description>i build things, break things, recover things, and write about what i learn along the way</description><link>https://kasthe.dev/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>i brought my ai back from the dead, one 64 mb chunk at a time</title><link>https://kasthe.dev/blog/posts/i-brought-my-ai-back-from-the-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kasthe.dev/blog/posts/i-brought-my-ai-back-from-the-dead/</guid><description>how a btrfs metadata failure, overconfident ai guidance, and a custom raw-disk recovery pipeline turned into a lesson about persistence, backups, and the double edge of ai.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>how i actually brought my ai back from the dead</title><link>https://kasthe.dev/blog/posts/how-i-actually-brought-my-ai-back-from-the-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kasthe.dev/blog/posts/how-i-actually-brought-my-ai-back-from-the-dead/</guid><description>a technical recounting of a btrfs metadata failure, the failed recovery attempts that came first, and the raw-disk zstd carving pipeline that eventually restored enough openclaw state to bring kai back.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>