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Mission Briefing

How to use this weblog to make real progress.

This isn't a feed of hot takes. It's a mission control for builders who think in systems. Here's how to navigate the missions, frameworks, and field notes so you get exactly what you need with minimal friction.

Who this is for

When we use something, a way to think about it is: what job are we hiring it to do? That way of thinking is known as Jobs-to-Be-Done (JTBD). In Jobs-to-Be-Done terms, these are the kinds of progress people hire this weblog to make.

  • Technical leaders who want to see how an expert thinks through systems, not just the final diagrams.
  • Founders and operators who want to scale without exploding the back office or burning out their teams.
  • Engineers who feel the pain of messy integrations and want language for interfaces, flows, and failure modes.
  • People who are tired of algorithmic feeds and prefer calm, structured thinking they can return to.

How the weblog is structured

Instead of categories and tags, everything is organized around missions, jobs-to-be-done, and concepts.

Missions

Long-lived arcs

Multi-part journeys like building a framework, scaling a system, or unpacking a tricky domain.

Example: Juphjacs Web Framework, Field Ops SaaS.

Jobs

Reader intent

Entry points based on what you're trying to do: get smart quickly, escape noise, join a mission, etc.

You'll see these on the homepage.

Concepts

Field guides

Reusable mental models and playbooks: interfaces, leverage, feedback loops, idempotent flows.

Think of these as technical field manuals.

Mission Log

Chronology

A time-ordered log of new entries. If you want to see what changed most recently, this is the place.

Lightweight and honest: what I'm actually thinking about now.

Active missions

Ongoing arcs you can follow like a story. These update over time.

Build the Juphjacs Web Framework

Exploring a different way to build web applications: small, composable, and closer to how we actually think.

Hubot Data Plane

Building a data orchestration layer for distributed systems that need reliable state management.

How I think about systems and software

A few principles that show up repeatedly in what I write and build.

Guiding principles

  • Most complexity is coordination complexity, not code complexity.
  • Interfaces determine your failure modes far more than your frameworks.
  • Idempotent flows are the real stability engine in distributed systems.
  • Observability is a first-class feature, not an add-on in sprint 9.
  • Good systems respect physical realities: time, attention, and human limits.

How to continue from here

  • Pick a mission that lines up with work you're doing now.
  • Browse by job on the homepage if you're solving a specific problem.
  • Skim the concepts when you need language or a mental model.
  • Watch the mission log to see what's changing in real time.
  • If something resonates, build on it, challenge it, or send me a note.
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