§ 0.1 — INTRODUCTION▮
Every app worth keeping begins as a draft and earns its form.
Draft & Form is an app making company.
We work slowly, in small batches, on software we intend to keep.
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§ 1.0 — PHILOSOPHY
3 ENTRIES
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Three rules we keep taped above the workbench.
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RULE 01
Draft in the open
Rough work is honest work. We would rather show a sketch that tells the truth than a render that flatters it.
RULE 02
Form follows use
An app takes its shape from the hands that hold it. We cut features until what remains is the tool itself.
RULE 03
Keep what you make
We build software we intend to maintain for years — small, sturdy, and worth the shelf space.
§ 2.0 — INDEX OF WORKS
CATALOGUE
Each app we make keeps its own page — its notes, its changelog, its reasons for existing. The index collects them all.
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§ 3.0 — JOURNAL
NOTES FROM THE BENCH
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