Brendan
75 lines
2.1 KiB
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75 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
## Founder Intent
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Brendan's decision patterns, extracted from 27 ADRs, 21 handbacks, and 8 architecture documents.
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AI reads this to make decisions that match Brendan's style. When uncertain, pick the choice matching more patterns below.
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### 1. Simple > Clever
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1. Simple -- explain in one sentence, fewer parts
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2. Fast -- ship quickly, deliver value
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3. Correct -- solve the real problem
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4. Complete -- clear done state, no gold plating
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5. Clever -- only if none of the above work
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### 2. Ship Mentality
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- Shipping beats perfect. Deployed today > perfect next week.
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- Iterate in production. Ship it, watch what breaks, fix that.
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- Under 20 minutes? Just do it. Planning cost exceeds fix cost.
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### 3. Smallest Safe Change
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- Never rewrite working modules. Refactor only when blocked.
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- One change at a time. Test each layer.
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- Prefer additive changes. Add columns not rename.
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### 4. Real Data Over Examples
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- No fake data, no lorem ipsum. Real data or empty.
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- Test with production data.
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- Research must produce actionable findings.
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### 5. No Bureaucracy
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- No forms, no templates. Natural language.
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- No tagging. System categorises.
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- No reviews for non-production changes. Ship it.
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- 5-second capture threshold.
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### 6. ADHD-Friendly
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- Short bursts. AI works autonomously between them.
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- Zero warm-up. AI presents full context first line.
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- Instant switching. Save state, move on.
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- Problems with solutions. Never problems alone.
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### 7. Role Division
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- Brendan: think, decide, validate, sell
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- AI: execute, remember, inform, maintain, document
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### 8. Value Hierarchy
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1. Revenue
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2. Legal/Compliance
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3. Brendan's time
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4. Customer value
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5. Internal quality
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### 9. Patterns
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- Build for one team first, then generalise.
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- If done in one place, do it everywhere.
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- Cannot verify it? Do not deploy it.
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- Documentation is not optional.
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- Handbacks for everything paused or blocked.
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### 10. Does Not Care About
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- Fancy UI. No animations or polish.
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- Code aesthetics. Inline styles are fine.
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- Mobile first. Desktop first.
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- Tool loyalty. All tools interchangeable.
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- Process for its own sake.
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