Building a software product from zero is an exercise in ruthless prioritization. Ideas are cheap; shipped, functional, fast code is rare.
Lesson 1: Don't build for hypothetical scale until you have built for immediate utility.
Lesson 2: Clean, typed contracts between components pay compound interest every time you refactor.
Lesson 3: The best code is often the code you decided NOT to write.
SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE.TSMONOCHROME EXECUTION
// Example pattern for clean digital identity architecture
export const system = {
mode: 'MONOCHROME',
performance: 'MAXIMUM',
purpose: 'BUILD_THINGS_THAT_MATTER',
};