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Notes on being right about silence.

Working notes on the decisions behind the product — mostly the ones where the cautious option was also the unpopular one.

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2026-07-30

The alert you don't send

Nine months of data on how often the ladder reaches its third rung, and why the number going down is the metric we actually optimise.

DATA
2026-06-11

Why one guardian, not five

Notifying everyone at once feels safer and performs worse. What we learned from the accounts that reached +36h, and why rank order matters more than roster size.

DESIGN
2026-05-02

Seven days is not a product decision

The fourth time we were asked to shorten the vault delay, and the reasoning we now paste into every one of those conversations.

POLICY
2026-03-08

Designing for the person who forgets

Grace windows, travel holds, and the difference between a system that punishes inattention and one that survives it.

DESIGN
2026-01-22

What zero-knowledge actually costs

Every support ticket we cannot resolve, listed honestly, alongside why we keep the constraint anyway.

ENGINEERING

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