3 essays tagged craft.
Our dark theme is the primary design, and the light theme is a second design in its own right. Building both on purpose costs more than inverting a palette, and the difference is visible.
Proven tools fail in ways that are documented, searchable, and usually fixed by lunch. We spend our novelty budget on the product instead of the stack.
Durable software is not a feature you add at the end. It is a series of refusals made early, and a maintenance bill almost nobody quotes up front.