From 66622d8e54ecca68ebe9594f441bfee0252c8e08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: damdug <155848353+damdug@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:32:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mvp content 1st draft complete --- src/components/Navigation.astro | 4 +-- src/pages/about.astro | 22 ++++----------- src/pages/contact.astro | 2 +- src/pages/hdk.astro | 2 +- src/pages/index.astro | 18 ++++++------ src/pages/library.astro | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/pages/one-rule.astro | 3 +- src/pages/resources.astro | 49 --------------------------------- src/pages/work-with-me.astro | 2 +- 9 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/pages/library.astro delete mode 100644 src/pages/resources.astro diff --git a/src/components/Navigation.astro b/src/components/Navigation.astro index 6745565..d556bbd 100644 --- a/src/components/Navigation.astro +++ b/src/components/Navigation.astro @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ --- const navItems = [ - { href: '/notes', label: 'Notes' }, + { href: '/one-rule', label: 'The One Rule' }, { href: '/hdk', label: 'HDK' }, - { href: '/resources', label: 'Resources' }, + { href: '/library', label: 'Library' }, { href: '/work-with-me', label: 'Work With Me' }, { href: '/about', label: 'About' }, ]; diff --git a/src/pages/about.astro b/src/pages/about.astro index 041097b..283f02c 100644 --- a/src/pages/about.astro +++ b/src/pages/about.astro @@ -7,35 +7,25 @@ import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro';

Intelligence Architect · Co-Founder, Esoteria · Baja California

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I build systems. For organizations, for teams, for myself. The approach is the same — understand the structure before changing it, build the practice before expecting the outcome, iterate from evidence rather than assumption. This applies whether the system is personal (how you spend your time, make decisions, show up in your work) or organizational (governance design, decision logic, intelligence infrastructure).

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I build systems. For organizations, for teams, for myself. The lens doesn't change with the scale — the same thinking that governs a well-designed SOP governs a well-designed day.

I co-founded Esoteria in Baja California. We build intelligence infrastructure for mission-driven organizations — the structural layer that converts fragmented data into governed, repeatable decision logic. The work grew from years of practice in a region where the gap between organizational ambition and organizational capacity is immediate and visible.

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The HDK — Human Development Kit — is a personal framework I built over years of practice. I made it public because the methodology is worth sharing. It's not a self-help book. It's a practitioner's field manual for people who want to design their lives with the same rigor they'd bring to building anything else that matters.

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The HDK is a personal framework I built over years of practice and made public because the methodology is worth sharing. It's a practitioner's field manual — not a self-help book. The same rigor you'd bring to building anything that matters, applied to how you actually operate.


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Current Work

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At any given time I'm running several things in parallel — some organizational, some personal, some creative, some technical. The throughline is the same across all of it: understand the system before changing it, build the practice before expecting the outcome, iterate from evidence rather than assumption.

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I'm selective about who I work with — not out of scarcity, but because the work only lands when there's genuine alignment. Details on the Work With Me page.

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What I'm working on

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Consulting engagements with individuals and organizations ready to examine how they actually work — the process design, the decision logic, the execution gaps that compound quietly. Personal engagements with people who want to go deeper than a framework can take them on their own. Both start with a conversation.

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If that sounds like what you need, the Work With Me page is where that starts.


Outside the work

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I'm based in Baja California. I climb, make electronic music, and spend time outdoors when possible. These aren't separate from the work — they're where a lot of it gets tested. A system that only works at a desk isn't much of a system.

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I'm based in Baja California. I climb, spend time in the desert, and tinker with synthesizers. These aren't separate from the work — they're where a lot of it gets pressure tested. A system that only holds at a desk isn't much of a system.

diff --git a/src/pages/contact.astro b/src/pages/contact.astro index 88a7dc1..f162550 100644 --- a/src/pages/contact.astro +++ b/src/pages/contact.astro @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro';

For inquiries not covered by the Work With Me page.

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diff --git a/src/pages/hdk.astro b/src/pages/hdk.astro index 313afbb..09297a6 100644 --- a/src/pages/hdk.astro +++ b/src/pages/hdk.astro @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (signup === 'true') errorMessage = '// Sign up to access the full resources l
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Free to download. One signup unlocks this and everything else I've built.

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Free to download. One signup unlocks the HDK, The One Rule Framework, and everything in the Library.

diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro index 1fe1238..6ec4de1 100644 --- a/src/pages/index.astro +++ b/src/pages/index.astro @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import SignupForm from '../components/SignupForm.astro';

DOUGLAS M. GALLOWAY

Systems over shortcuts.

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Process. Design. Execution. One approach.

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The One Rule

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A governing principle for decisions, systems, and practice. The foundation everything else builds on.

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HDK

A free framework for designing your personal operating system. Built from practice. Yours to use.

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Work With Me

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Notes

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Observations from practice across life, business, technology, and creativity.

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Library

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A growing collection of frameworks and tools developed from practice. Free to access. More added as the work develops.

diff --git a/src/pages/library.astro b/src/pages/library.astro new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c6be64 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pages/library.astro @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro'; +import SignupForm from '../components/SignupForm.astro'; + +export const prerender = true; +--- + +
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Library

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A growing collection of frameworks and tools developed from practice. Free to access. One signup unlocks everything.

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The One Rule Framework

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A governing principle for decisions, systems, and practice. Three essays. One document.

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Status: [Unlocked on signup]

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Human Development Kit

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A framework for designing your personal operating system. Nine chapters.

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Status: [Unlocked on signup]

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HDK Field Kit

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Seven worksheets for mapping, auditing, and maintaining your LifeStack.

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Get the Field Kit →

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New artifacts added as the work develops.

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diff --git a/src/pages/one-rule.astro b/src/pages/one-rule.astro index 6a22f28..1e1d07e 100644 --- a/src/pages/one-rule.astro +++ b/src/pages/one-rule.astro @@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ import SignupForm from '../components/SignupForm.astro';
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If this changes how you think about something, you can follow it as it develops.

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One signup also unlocks the HDK — a personal operating system framework built on the same foundation.

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Download the full framework as a single document. One signup unlocks this and everything else in the Library.

If you want to apply this directly — to your own system or your organization's — Work With Me is where that starts.

diff --git a/src/pages/resources.astro b/src/pages/resources.astro deleted file mode 100644 index 479c1bc..0000000 --- a/src/pages/resources.astro +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ ---- -import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro'; - -export const prerender = true; ---- - -
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Resources

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Everything here is free. One signup unlocks all of it. These are the tools and references I actually use — built by practitioners, not consulting firms.

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Curated Stack

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Anthropic Prompting Documentation

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The most honest practical documentation on using AI effectively. No hype. How chain-of-thought actually works.

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Shape Up by Basecamp

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Free online. Project methodology built around appetite and fixed time rather than estimates. Constraints force clarity. Ship what matters.

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Measure What Matters by John Doerr

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The OKR framework. Worth understanding as context for how most organizations measure progress — and why a simpler scoring approach often works better.

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Untools

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A free collection of thinking frameworks organized by category. Systems thinking, decision making, problem solving. Browse before you need it.

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NIST AI Risk Management Framework

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The closest thing to an institutional standard for AI governance. Free to download. What regulators and enterprise clients increasingly reference.

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readmake.com

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Resources for independent makers and builders. Practical, practitioner-built, no fluff.

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This list is updated as I find things worth adding.

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diff --git a/src/pages/work-with-me.astro b/src/pages/work-with-me.astro index 113448d..89a32ac 100644 --- a/src/pages/work-with-me.astro +++ b/src/pages/work-with-me.astro @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro';
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From 008ea0037dddd2da6978c20dca71a940639096a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: damdug <155848353+damdug@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:38:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] final about content --- src/pages/about.astro | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/pages/about.astro b/src/pages/about.astro index 283f02c..e9b53c8 100644 --- a/src/pages/about.astro +++ b/src/pages/about.astro @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro';

Outside the work

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I'm based in Baja California. I climb, spend time in the desert, and tinker with synthesizers. These aren't separate from the work — they're where a lot of it gets pressure tested. A system that only holds at a desk isn't much of a system.

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I'm based in Baja California. I climb, spend time in the desert, and tinker with synthesizers. Not everything needs to connect to the work.