Compound Engineering is the practice of building systems where each component makes the next one easier. It's not a framework — it's a set of conventions that compound.
Core Principles
core principles
Core Principles
- Verification before trust — Every layer has self-checks
- Explicit over implicit — Config beats convention when risk is high
- Small interfaces, deep implementations — Easy to swap, hard to break
- Instrumentation is not optional — You debug what you measure
Where to start
where to start
Where to Start
Related: Cognitive OS, FPEF, and notes.