Principles

This directory contains durable operating principles.

These are not posts, opinions, or essays. They change rarely and govern how I work, decide, and delegate.

Publicly addressable. Not actively promoted.

Attention is a moral act
Tools must cultivate skill, not replace judgment
Clarity comes from constraint
Design should reveal state without demanding attention
Authority comes from within
Live as user_id=1
Craft shapes the craftsman
Mastery beats shortcuts
Sanity before scale
Systems should serve human agency
Awareness is a daily discipline
Reduce friction, don’t anesthetize it
Prefer reversible moves
Honor the long view
Truth over comfort
Work should leave the world better than you found it
Don’t outsource responsibility
One stack at a time
Archive to think, not to hoard
Energy is sacred
Make attention visible
Choose depth over drift
Abundance follows alignment

Last substantive revision: 2025-05-24 Next review: when reality disagrees

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