The Ribo Manifesto
On the genetic code of software...
DNA encodes what to build. Ribosomes translate it into proteins. Software DNA encodes what the system should be. Agents translate it into code.
At ribo.dev, we believe engineering's next leap starts with identity. Not more tools, not faster agents—a living declaration of what your software is, what it honors, and what it refuses to become.
The Maintenance Trap
We spend 80% of our energy maintaining the legacy of yesterday's decisions. We built over-engineered microservices and stale documentation silos when we should have been encoding what actually matters. The modularity that matters reaches the smallest unit of declared intent—resilient, observable, and composable.
Humans Decide. Agents Build.
We are not automating the programmer out of existence. Humans decide what to build. Agents build it. The human focuses on the architecture of value; the machine handles translation.
brew install go-ribo/taps/riboIntent is the Source of Truth
Code changes. Intent persists. The system is defined by what you meant, not what got shipped.
Complexity is a Debt, Not a Feature
Every line of code is a liability. The best system expresses the most logic through the least structure.
Systems Must Be Self-Maintaining
Software should repair, scale, and optimize without someone babysitting it.
Living Artifacts Over Static Docs
If it is not searchable, queryable, and current, it is not documentation. It is noise.
The Architecture of Resilience
Failure is inevitable. Systems must degrade gracefully and recover without intervention.
Human Centricity
If the tool hinders the flow, the tool is broken. Technology serves human creativity, not the reverse.