labs / brand signature / 2024
Software built with the patience of prose.
Daniel Labs is an independent studio at the intersection of systems architecture and editorial craft. Each project is considered. Nothing is incidental.
Selected work
All work →2024
Shipped
Type System Architecture
A domain-driven type layer for a distributed editorial platform, eliminating an entire class of runtime errors through structural inference.
TypeScriptArchitectureEditorial
2023
Shipped
Editorial CMS
A minimal content management system designed for long-form writers who think in structure, not in drag-and-drop.
ProductCMSWriting Tools
Recent writing
All writing →Mar 2024
On restraint in software
The most consequential architectural decisions are not what you add but what you refuse to build. A case for aggressive omission.
8 min read
Jan 2024
The monolith argument
Distributed systems solve a class of problems that most products will never encounter. A defense of the well-considered monolith.
6 min read