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Start with one decision.

Choose a project you can discuss appropriately. Identify a decision you made, the constraint behind it, and the strongest available evidence. Use these pages to turn that material into a record a reader can examine.

  1. What MootMoat is

    A DIY method for turning engineering experience into claims a reader can examine.

  2. Doctrine

    Non-normative authoring principles for specific claims, primary sources, and visible limits.

  3. Evidence workbook

    Twelve practical canvases for documenting engineering decisions and their supporting evidence.

  4. FAQ

    Practical questions about evidence, privacy, authoring tools, and the limits of MootMoat.

  5. The ontology gap

    A bounded thesis about the gap between engineering experience and the categories used to describe it.

Keep recollection, observation, inference, and proposal distinct. Publish only what the source and disclosure boundary support.