# Paragraph Genesis Entry

*A brief introduction to Code & Codex.*

By [Code & Codex](https://paragraph.com/@code_codex) · 2025-12-15

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_Peace be upon you, fellow digital wanderer._

[Code & Codex is a newsletter](https://codeandcodex.substack.com) I started on Substack, a space where technology, storytelling, and philosophy braid together into something deeper than dev logs and industry chatter.

I’ve spent most of my life inside systems: writing them, debugging them, scaling them, sometimes breaking them for understanding. But over time, I found myself returning to a certain question:

**_What does it mean to create in a world where everything is both ephemeral and permanent?_**

This newsletter is my way of exploring that question.

I no longer feel that Substack should be the only platform for Code & Codex, which is why I’ve ventured out here in Paragraph. You can read more about it in [“Intermission dispatch: An update on the state of Code & Codex”](https://codeandcodex.substack.com/p/intermission-dispatch).

I’ll start by reposting previously published essays here, and new write-ups will be posted concurrently on [Substack](https://codeandcodex.substack.com), Paragraph, my website [jshamsul.com](http://jshamsul.com) and on Nostr as long-form addressable event.

This is my attempt in making **Code & Codex exist across multiple domains and protocols**, not locked into one platform’s vision of the future.

_Stay glitched, stay human._  
Jibone.

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*Originally published on [Code & Codex](https://paragraph.com/@code_codex/paragraph-genesis-entry)*