Build OS

An operating system for builders.

Build OS is 14+ years of product experience as running code. It guides any build from strategy to ship, and grades the craft along the way.

9 craft pillarsevery dimension of the work, graded
13 artifacts per repoPRD to safety, in the code, not a deck
Written rubricsevidence and arithmetic, never vibes
A compounding loopeach build sharpens the next
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The loop

Build → Score → See → Improve.

Every project runs the full cycle. Skipping a step is logged, never silent.

Build
  • 6 phases, Discovery to Retro
  • 13 artifacts land in the repo
  • Reviewed hard before launch
Score
  • Every answer graded on a written rubric
  • Rolled into 9 pillar scores
  • Computed, never eyeballed
See
  • Live dashboard, per pillar
  • Trend across projects
  • Question heatmap of strengths
Improve
  • Each lesson becomes a new question
  • Next build starts from a higher bar
  • That is the compounding
↻ Improve feeds straight back into the next Build: the output of step 04 is the input of step 01.
The measure

Nine pillars. One standard.

Nine dimensions of craft, in the order a product comes to life. Every score is backed by real artifacts in the repo and shown live on the dashboard.

01 · decide
Product Judgment
Who it's for, the job it does, what "good enough" means, when to kill it.
02 · design
UX/UI & Interaction
User flows, the states users actually see, accessibility.
03 · architect
System Design
Architecture, the big choices (ADRs), failure recovery, scale, versioning.
04 · cost
Economics
Cost-per-use, model and caching trade-offs, the operating point.
05 · build
Reliability & Ownership
Edge cases, testing, idempotency, deployed and observable.
06 · prove
Evaluation
Golden datasets, validated judges, regression gates, failure-mode analysis.
07 · ship safe
Safety
Trust boundaries, guardrails, least-privilege tools, red-teaming.
08 · tell
Communication
Turning a vague goal into scope, and explaining it to a non-expert.
09 · align
Collaboration & Stakeholders
Design, data, GTM, legal, support and eng leadership: aligned, signed off.