# Raw Signal

Notes, essays, and working ideas.

Author: Ashok Gelal

## Posts

- [GitHub Copilot Usage Billing and Local Models](https://rawsignal.xyz/posts/ai-coding-costs-local-models/): GitHub Copilot's usage billing makes local and open-weight models more useful for routine coding tasks.
- [AI Workflows Need Provider Escape Hatches](https://rawsignal.xyz/posts/ai-workflows-need-provider-escape-hatches/): A reported Anthropic org suspension is a reminder not to build daily AI workflows around one provider's UX.
- [Raw Signal: A Blogging System for Rough Thoughts](https://rawsignal.xyz/posts/raw-signal/): Raw Signal is a small file-based blogging workflow built around rough notes, agent-assisted drafts, and static output.