Essay Index

• “OCCAM is Law, Not Philosophy”: /essays/occam-is-law-not-philosophy
• “Gate 0: The Compilation Boundary”: /essays/gate-0-the-compilation-boundary
• “Governance Before Execution”: /essays/governance-before-execution
• “Retries Are a Smell”: /essays/retries-are-a-smell
• “Stopping Is a Feature”: /essays/stopping-is-a-feature
• “Why Artifacts, Not Prompts”: /essays/why-artifacts-not-prompts
• “Vibe Programming: A Protocol-First Paradigm”: /essays/vibe-programming
• “Why There Is No Plan in the Doctrine”: /essays/why-no-plan
• “LAW, GATE, PATH, LOG, STATE — The Five Protocols”: /essays/law-gate-path-log-state-protocols