writeonce/docs/stories/language-runtime-database/done/01-principles-doc.md
shoney.arickathil 57b4b56eae docs: stories foldered by state — done/ and refine/
- done/ (11): 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7b, 9, 9b, 15, 16 — landed iterations
  (9/9b remainders live in the post-12 drain list, not in the files)
- refine/ (8): 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f, 9g, 11, 13, 14 — everything marked
  "no spec yet / brainstorm before planning"
- root keeps: 00-story (index), 05 (partial, plan 8 open), 8/10/12
  (specs or plans exist), 17 (parked, spec+plan approved), 18 (next)
- every cross-reference re-pathed and VERIFIED resolving: board, specs,
  plans, employee-list README, story table, intra-story links (moved
  files' relative links deepened one level; done/7b's 9e pointer now
  crosses to refine/)
- pre-existing dead link noted, not touched: refine/11-fibers.md points
  at docs/plan/exploration/fibers/00-fibers.md which does not exist
  (predates the move)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-20 04:33:24 +02:00

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Iteration 1 — the principles doc

Format: fiberloom product/story-iteration-template. Part of Story — one language, one runtime, one database, one binary.

Goals

  • The repo gains docs/00-principles.md: one page stating the twelve writeonce principles — the doctrine every later iteration links back to instead of re-arguing.
  • The twelve: one binary is the whole system; zero dependencies (kernel primitives only); memory safety without a GC tax (MVS ownership, opt-in @gc, per-shard collection); no inheritance ever; thread-per-core shards with ownership moves; the runtime never stops (blue-green slots, embedded source); RAM authoritative + WAL durable; samples force the grammar; Linux is the target; capabilities are typed builtins (no FFI); plain diagnostics are the product; the runtime is a recipe box.

Acceptance Criteria

  • What to achieve?
    • Given a new contributor opening docs/,
    • when they read docs/00-principles.md,
    • then each principle is a short statement plus a one-line why plus a link to the spec or doc that enforces it, and no principle contradicts a locked spec decision.
  • What to achieve?
    • Given CLAUDE.md's "Where to read next" list,
    • when the iteration lands,
    • then it contains one pointer line to the principles doc and nothing else about it changed.

Out Of Scope

  • Rewriting or relocating existing doctrine text in specs/plans — the doc links, it does not duplicate.
  • Any .wo example content (iterations 2+ own code-adjacent artifacts).

Info

  • docs/ numbering starts at 01-problem.md; the 00- slot is free and reads as "start here".
  • Spec governing this slice: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-07-logwatcher-sample-and-principles-design.md §3.

Proposed Solution

  • Author the page with the twelve principles in the order listed in the governing spec; verify every link resolves; add the CLAUDE.md pointer line; record the commit draft in .dev/commit.md.