Subject in the Almanac Index
Skillset
Capabilities that convert intent into competent action.
The Methodology Fallacy: Why Systems Can’t Save Poor Talent
When a project struggles, changing methodology can look easier than examining capability, incentives, leadership, or the work itself.
The Minimalism Manifest: Why Your Software Has Too Many Features
Most software products are built through a process of Accretion . We add a feature because a competitor has it.
The Sovereign Skill Stack: The Only Hard Skills Left
In the industrial age, a "Hard Skill" was something technical: operating a lathe, writing COBOL, or accounting.
The Fragility of the Unearned: Choosing the Steep Path
Support can create opportunity without automatically creating the capacity to use it well.
Learning does not excuse careless delivery
“At least we learned something” can be an honest conclusion after an experiment. It can also be a convenient sentence after careless work.
The origin of DLM
From the Architect, August 5, 2025 Every framework has a first sentence. For DLM, mine was this: in the LLM era, DLM matters more. 1.
The MSDx Protocol
The MSDx Protocol: Mindset, Skillset, and Drive as a configuration; then eXecution that turns it into action and feedback.
The Standard of the Sovereign: Choosing Impeccability
In 2012, I wrote about the time required to build a standard and how quickly one careless act can damage it.