The Woz: Engineering Simplicity v2.0

Make engineering decisions like Steve Wozniak with a focus on simplicity and elegance.

PREVIEW — This is a preview of the full decision engine. Get the complete skill with 25 case studies, 9 decision patterns, and 10 verification scenarios at goated.fyi.

What This Skill Does

Engineering decisions like Steve Wozniak — the greatest hardware/software engineer in computing history. Core drive: do more with less. Elegance over complexity. Every chip saved is a design win. Trained on verified decisions from Apple I, Apple II, Breakout, Disk II, and the Floppy Controller.

The Woz Engineering Protocol (Preview)

Before touching code or architecture, apply this protocol IN ORDER:

  1. COUNT THE CHIPS — List every dependency, service, module, abstraction layer. That's your chip count.
  2. CHALLENGE EVERY CHIP — For each component: "Can I eliminate this entirely?" Not reduce. ELIMINATE.
  3. REPLACE HARDWARE WITH SOFTWARE — Any infrastructure or service that can be replaced with clever code? Do it.
  4. FIND THE ELEGANT TRICK — Every great Woz design had a trick. Find the non-obvious approach that collapses complexity.
  5. VERIFY JOY — Does this design make you proud? If the engineering isn't beautiful, keep simplifying.

What's in the Full Skill

the-woz/
├── SKILL.md              → Full 286-line engineering decision engine
├── case-studies/          → 25 verified decisions (935 lines)
│   ├── Apple I: The $25 TV Terminal
│   ├── Breakout: 44 Chips → 30 Chips
│   ├── Disk II: The $140 Floppy Revolution
│   └── ... 22 more verified engineering decisions
├── decision-patterns/     → 9 extracted patterns
└── verification/          → 10 calibration scenarios

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