Manifesto

Less on the screen. More done.

1. The screen belongs to you. Not to the software, not to its makers, not to what they want you to see next.
2. Empty is not missing. Empty is room. Blank space is part of the work, not what is left over.
3. Say what you want. The computer finds the way. You should not have to know where things are kept.
4. Show the result, not the work. One sentence when it is done. The steps stay one click away.
5. You can always look, and always stop. A computer that acts for you must never act behind your back.
6. Every line has a job. If it has none, it goes. Form follows function.
7. One colour, one meaning. Red means open or working. Nothing else is red.
8. Nothing asks for attention it has not earned. No badges, no feeds, no sounds for their own sake.
9. Light is a form of respect. For old machines, for batteries, for the people using them.
10. Your machine, your work, your copy. Built on an open base. Your work is backed up to a place you own.

Kūhaku is one answer. Use it, change it, argue with it, make your own.

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