Tag: systems

Local Rules Create Complex Systems

Local Rules Create Complex Systems

If starlings don’t use telepathy to move as one, why do so many leaders still think complex systems need a central brain?

Reality Does Not Negotiate

Reality Does Not Negotiate

Good engineering is the habit of aligning with reality early, testing assumptions before the world corrects them expensively.

Syncromesh, Koya, and the Helix Split

Syncromesh, Koya, and the Helix Split

Syncromesh was built to run a distributed game simulation. Koya split off to serve embedded UI. When the two diverged too far to share a codebase, the useful parts were pulled down into Helix.