James Hanshaw

Build things
worth keeping.

Notes on software, craft, and the quiet details that make technology feel considered.

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A point of view

Useful is the beginning.
Delight is in the details.

On craft

The details are the product.

Quality is the accumulation of moments in which someone cared a little more than they had to.

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Selected writing

Ideas made to last.

A growing archive about calm software, thoughtful tools, and doing the small things well.

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