Technical manifesto
Approach
How the work gets built, gated, and shipped: six commitments, enforced by process rather than promise.
Scope the whole structure before writing a line
Multi-file builds get a full file manifest agreed up front. Code is written one verified file at a time — never more in a pass than can be delivered reliably. Half-written systems are worse than unwritten ones.
Static analysis gates every activation
No file activates on a production site without passing a lint gate first. A syntax error in a plugin file is a white screen for customers; the gate costs seconds and removes the entire failure class.
Read-only diagnostics before destructive operations
Database state is never assumed — it is read first. Migrations and cleanups run a diagnostic pass, report what they would touch, and fail closed on anything unexpected. Order tables, subscription state, and scheduler queues get direct-table verification, not wrapper-function guesses.
Production sites are observed, not assumed
On live stores, real behavior is observed before anything changes, and nothing customer-facing fires without explicit confirmation. Staging proves the concept; production proves the discipline.
Versioning is a contract
Patch releases fix bugs. Minor releases add features. Major releases change architecture. Every release is auditable against that contract, so an update never smuggles in a surprise.
Audit passes before "done"
Security review, input sanitization sweeps, capability and nonce checks, and consistency passes run before a version ships. Hardening is a scheduled phase, not a reaction to an incident.