Evidence
Something a reader can inspect.
A public artifact, a source, a reproducible record, or a fact that can be traced. Evidence is allowed to be small. It does not need to carry the entire argument alone.
Method / how the work is held
Make the path visible enough to question.
Hearth & Code is trying to make a public record without turning every private thought into content. Method is the set of small choices that keeps the work open to inspection, correction, and return.
The working grammar
Three ways of saying what a piece of work is.
Working interpretation
A reasoned view that remains revisable.
Patterns matter, but a pattern is not the same thing as a settled result. This label keeps a reader able to distinguish a current understanding from a stronger claim.
Proposal
A direction that has not earned proof yet.
Plans, product ideas, and design choices belong here. Naming them clearly lets the work stay imaginative without smuggling future capability into the present tense.
The boundaries that matter
A public record should preserve both openness and a private life.
- SourcePublic claims should point somewhere. The more consequential the statement, the more important it is that a visitor can find the source, the artifact, or the reason it is still only a question.
- SelectionNothing private becomes public by accident. The public site is a deliberate projection of a much larger working practice. Raw notes, personal records, and implementation detail do not become content simply because they exist.
- AuthorityThe person keeps the final say. AI can make a draft, suggest a route, or surface a gap. It cannot decide what Scott means, what he publishes, or which correction matters most.
- RevisionCorrections are part of the record. An honest practice needs room to amend a claim, replace a source, change direction, or say that the current approach did not hold up.
The goal is not to look finished. The goal is to leave enough of a trail that the next honest step can be found.