# Articles

Ideas, positions and briefs for this project, written down so that later work takes them into account. They are intention and opinion, not fact: [what is built](../built/index.md) is the only page that says what exists.

Most of these come from the owner's voice memos, written up by the agent working on the repository. Each says where it came from.

| Article | Kind | In one line |
|---|---|---|
| [The lab](the-lab/index.md) | Brief | Use this app to find out what Apple's platform can do, before deciding what the product is |
| [Two decision engines](two-decision-engines/index.md) | Position | An app now has two things that decide: the code, and a model. Keep the model on a short lead, one prompt at a time |
| [A harness inside the app](a-harness-inside-the-app/index.md) | Brief | Give the model its network, files, keys and vaults through separate doors, and draw what passes through them |
| [The vault is a version-controlled store](the-vault-is-a-version-controlled-store/index.md) | Position and brief | A vault needs no server to exist. A server is a remote you add |
| [Where each key lives](where-each-key-lives/index.md) | Position and brief | Vault keys and your own key travel through iCloud Keychain; a device's key never leaves it; you vouch for your devices; optionally the register vouches for you |
| [Voice everywhere](voice-everywhere/index.md) | Idea | Voice as the way in from every screen, and a recording that is never lost |
| [Synthetic users](synthetic-users/index.md) | Brief | Invented users walking the screens, to find where a real one would get lost |