Jaco van der Laan

Knowledge structure

Maps Everywhere

Every layer of the system carries a map of itself — vault, repo, database, app, decisions. No blind spots, because orientation is a built artifact, not a memory.

Every layer of the system carries a map of itself. Not one index at the top, not a wiki someone maintains on Fridays — a map at each level, generated or curated where that level lives, and readable by both a person and a machine. A Map of Content is the building block: one hub for one theme. Maps Everywhere is the principle: apply it at every layer, until there is nowhere in the system you can stand and not know where you are.

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