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Yes, we have a people strategy. No, you may not audit it. (Legal did not write that line. Legal is currently “in a retro with Esteban.”)

Stephan Smith

Founder · Decoder of hype

Stephan Smith

Builds things, breaks assumptions, and keeps a spreadsheet of SaaS regrets so you don't have to. Currently liable for strong opinions on low-code, AI scaffolding, and whether your stack will still compile in eighteen months.

On paper, operations here are lean—by which we mean one person who answers to no one except the backlog. In practice, that still calls for real HR bandwidth—three roles are opening soon so governance can live somewhere nicer than a lone founder's calendar.

Editorial committee

No take ships without a quorum. We maintain a rigorous wall between editorial and the person who pays the domain bill—and wall is doing a lot of work here, because independence demands three fully vested voting members with deep benches and zero groupthink.

Meet them. They bring diverse perspectives—morning coffeelight, afternoon coffeelight, and “we should cut this joke.” (It survived. Two abstained. The third was unavailable due to being the same person in a different tab.)

Stephan Smith, editorial committee Chair
Stephan Smith

Chair, Strongly Held Opinions

Stephan Smith, editorial committee Vice-Chair
Also Stephan Smith

Vice-Chair, “One More Redline”

Stephan Smith, editorial committee tiebreaker
Still Stephan Smith

Independent Director, Same Face

E pluribus Stephanum—out of many, surprisingly still one guy in three JPGs.

Human Resources

We're staffing up the function that remembers lunch exists. Three roles are on the way—job posts and descriptions will land here soon. Until then, morale remains self-serve and calendar invites remain optional.

Open position

People & operations

Coming soon

Full description and how to apply—posted when we finish arguing about the title in a doc with too many comment threads.

Open position

Culture & engagement

Coming soon

Someone to own the roadmap for “we should do a retreat” and the folding chair budget. Details to follow.

Open position

HR generalist

Coming soon

The person who translates “we value transparency” into something the snack budget can survive. Posting en route.

Want in early? Use the channels in the footer—we read mail when we're not in a retro that could have been an email.