Archive
Nothing is deleted.
What was frozen, retired or replaced stays here, with its date, its reason and what took its place.
What this folder holds
What was archived, newest first
The directory's map became its front page.
It explained a structure nobody had designed. Now the directory reads on its own, and its front page, like this site, says how to walk through it.
Kept at
archive/superseded/MAP.mdA proposal that started from scratch.
It replaced the system's approach instead of building on it, and it was not approved. One idea survived and is now in the argument: once doing is cheap, the hard part is defining what to do.
Kept at
archive/superseded/FIRST-PRINCIPLES.mdThe company's first narrative.
A private site in five acts that was never published. Its acts are now steps of the argument; its sources, figures and questions are kept as evidence.
Kept at
archive/about/The conversation the approach came from.
The system's design began in a conversation. It is kept word for word, and the system's charter cites it in every section.
Kept at
archive/enterprise-platform.mdDefine the company first; the software after.
The first platform was built on what the existing systems said, and took the company that exists for the one we want to be. It was frozen, and that is why the management system comes first.
Kept at
archive/platform/
Change without losing the why.
It is what the system asks of any organisation: to evolve without losing meaning, traceability or history. We start by applying it to our own work.