https://mess.systems/Recent content on mess.systemsHugoenhttps://mess.systems/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://mess.systems/about/<h2 id="the-idea">The idea</h2> <p>Most real problems do not come alone. Russell Ackoff called a set of interdependent, changing problems a <em>mess</em>: a system of problems that each stakeholder sees differently. In a mess, fixing one part on its own can make the whole worse. Ackoff&rsquo;s answer was to plan together with the people involved and to redesign the system so the problem dissolves, rather than to keep treating symptoms.</p> <p>The move from the pre-AI era to the AI era is that kind of mess. Work, companies, people and systems are changing at the same time, and they change each other. New kinds of systems appear, and old assumptions about roles, tools and decisions stop holding. mess.systems is an open project that works through this shift in public.</p>https://mess.systems/projects/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://mess.systems/projects/<p>Each project is a public repository you can read, reuse and challenge. Content is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY 4.0</a>, and changes are discussed in the open through issues and pull requests.</p> <ul class="projects"> <li> <h3><a href="https://github.com/mess-systems/naming-standard">Naming standard</a></h3> <p>One grammar for DNS names, hosts, repositories, secrets and identities, including AI agents. Every name is derived from the same few axes, so names can be predicted and reviewed mechanically.</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://github.com/mess-systems/tech-radar">Tech radar</a></h3> <p>Which products and specifications the organization uses, how firmly and why. Three rings (adopt, trial, hold) and one short card per technology.</p> </li> </ul>