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human-sized software
Good tools should make competent people feel capable, not punished for using them.
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Follow the wires.
Start with a story or a recurring editorial thread. Every connection is curated from the actual argument—not generated from whichever stray noun happened to appear twice.
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Choose an argument, then read both sides of the wire.
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intentional constraints
A tighter box, fewer decisions, and less machinery can produce sharper work.
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publishing without friction
Publishing gets better when the interface stops making the writer manage the interface.
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workspace ownership
The person doing the work should be able to arrange the room—and find it that way tomorrow.
All known signals
The non-cartographical version.
STORYWordPress Has Rebuilt Everything Except The Room You Work InWordPress rebuilt its content model, API, editor, and themes. OpenStation finally rebuilds the room around them—and lets you arrange it like yours.STORYThe Repairman and the BookA Nintendo repairman, a 2006 web manifesto, and one stubborn rule: choose your constraints, build less, and make something surprisingly good from proven junk.STORYWordPress Without the DashboardWhat if WordPress kept its superpowers and lost the dashboard? A case for publishing by conversation—and getting every panel, notice, and click out of the writer’s way.TOPIC · 3 STORIESmusings3 stories are broadcasting on this topic.EDITORIAL THREAD · 3 STORIEShuman-sized softwareGood tools should make competent people feel capable, not punished for using them.EDITORIAL THREAD · 2 STORIESintentional constraintsA tighter box, fewer decisions, and less machinery can produce sharper work.EDITORIAL THREAD · 2 STORIESpublishing without frictionPublishing gets better when the interface stops making the writer manage the interface.EDITORIAL THREAD · 2 STORIESworkspace ownershipThe person doing the work should be able to arrange the room—and find it that way tomorrow.EDITORIAL THREAD · 1 STORYbackwards compatibilityMove the interface forward without breaking the ecosystem that made it worth using.EDITORIAL THREAD · 1 STORYconversation as interfaceReplace forms, panels, and ceremony with a direct exchange about the thing being made.EDITORIAL THREAD · 1 STORYpersistent contextThe work should stay where you left it instead of making you reconstruct the room every morning.EDITORIAL THREAD · 1 STORYproven junkOld constraints and boring tools can be raw material rather than baggage.