We, who labor in digital construction, affirm that software is not a chaotic stream but a limited participation in intelligible order. Therefore, we propose a path of development grounded in reality and oriented toward the common good.
- 🛡️ Form over flow — Code is not vibration; it is orderly participation in rational structure.
- 🛡️ Achievable perfection over endless iteration — Improvement is good, but it should not replace the honest pursuit of stability and a well-finished product.
- 🛡️ Responsible collaboration over mere augmentation — Artificial intelligence is a helper, not a substitute; we are free agents, not passive choosers.
- 🛡️ Craftsmanship over speed — Haste is the enemy of form. Time spent thinking is time well invested.
- 🛡️ Debugging over rerolling — Correcting strengthens; starting over without learning weakens.
- 🛡️ Purpose over personal taste — Good software serves a higher end, not mere aesthetic preference.
- All code should strive for order and intelligibility. If it cannot be understood, it is not beautiful.
- The reality of the problem governs the design. We design for real needs, not for fiction.
- Human intelligence is the primary cause; AI is instrumental cause. Freedom is responding, not merely pressing regenerate.
- Perfection is the peace of art. It is reached when form and function rest in sufficient harmony.
- Simplicity is fullness, not emptiness. Every line less is light, but only if it does not remove substance.
- Flexibility is ordered to stability. We change not by whim, but in obedience to the good.
- Code is not disposable but perfectible. Reroll only if corruption is irreparable.
- Architecture is participation in the digital cosmos. It is not improvised; it is contemplated and designed.
- Speed without judgment is chaos. Rhythm is good only when submitted to reason.
- Development is an offering. Programming is service; every commit should rise like incense at the altar of The Uncreated Maker.
Non vibrare, sed ordinare.