Archive · 02 August 2026
What an archive keeps
The most valuable part of an archive may be the path between versions.
A finished object is easy to save and difficult to explain. Without the sketches, constraints, and discarded alternatives around it, the result loses the reasons that made it useful.
Keep the decision trail
A compact note beside a file can preserve more meaning than another folder of unnamed variations. Dates, short labels, and a sentence about intent are enough to make future retrieval less dependent on memory.
An archive succeeds when it helps the next decision happen with more context than the last one.