Motion
Make useful progress in small, checkable steps.
Development & writing
Approach
Purpose, carried into practice.
Understand the problem. Build, test, and leave a result others can maintain.
Principles we work by.
The Spentas guide how we make decisions across our work.
Clear thinking
Write down the reasoning before making a major bet.
Truth and order
Make claims we can defend and work we can test.
Boundaries
Agree the scope and protect the attention the work needs.
Care
Respect the people using, making, and maintaining the work.
Wholeness
Check that the parts work together as a usable experience.
Durability
Leave documentation and systems others can continue.
Purpose
Judge decisions by the purpose the work serves.
Choose an audit step
How we work
We study the problem, agree priorities, and build a first version. We test it against the purpose, improve the result, and provide instructions for using and maintaining it.