The Night Shift · Department
Philosophy
Why we keep our products small and operate them ourselves.
2 essays filed here
- 01
Seen, not identified
A map built from public cameras runs straight at a line most surveillance quietly crosses: the difference between knowing something is there and knowing who it is. Thyseus is built to stop on the near side of that line on purpose. It counts the car and places the person, and it never learns a face or a plate — not because it can't reach them, but because the reach is exactly the thing we designed out. The blind spot is the feature.
6 min read - 02
In defense of small software
A timeline shouldn't require a project-management suite. Here's why we keep our products small, and what that costs us to maintain.
2 min read