Honest about limits.

We build the way you'd build a shell around a star: in small pieces, each one checked before the next goes up. These are the rules we keep.

Few parts
Every dependency is a seam that can split. We use as few as the job allows, and boring ones where it counts.
Open formats
Your work leaves in a file other programs can read. If we vanish, your data doesn't.
No destructive refits
Updates never eat old data. Old versions still open in new ones.
Offline first
The work happens on your device. The network is a convenience, not a lifeline.
No dark patterns
No streak shaming, no nagging, no tricks at the exit. You leave as easily as you came.
Visible workings
We show drafts, process and tools. If a thing can be opened up and understood, we built it right.
Notes for the next keeper
Every project carries the notes someone else would need to keep it running. Sometimes that someone is you.

Every plate on the Wall says when it was last serviced. That date is the promise.

Few parts