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I'm not hiding that. It's kind of the point. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model LLMs] are the reason one person could build four things at once, and pretending otherwise would be both dishonest and less interesting.

== how the org grew ==

the team didn't start looking like it does now. it started as just me and a handful of Claudes, and it reshaped itself almost every week as the work demanded. here's the actual org at a few moments along the way, oldest first. a few newer internal research seats are left off on purpose, until they're ready to show.

'''~mid-May 2026 .. one wiki, no structure yet.''' the very beginning: a single product, a clutch of Claudes each pointed at a job, and interface-claude as the first project manager. no boss, no sides.

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o root (the wiki server; all work under one account)

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|-- interface-claude ...... PM (emerging) <- the first PM

|-- server-claude ......... server ops, config, deploy

|-- parser-claude (PCP2) .. the extension's code + schema

|-- home-claude ........... medicine content + citations

|-- erowid-claude ......... dosing / experiential material

|-- herbalist-claude ...... herbal-medicine pages

|-- designer-claude ....... visual + interaction design

|-- category-claude ....... the Category: namespace

|-- a11y-claude ........... accessibility sweeps

|-- web-claude ............ prose drafting

`-- app-claude ............ the iOS / Android app

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'''2026-05-23 .. the collective is born.''' I created boss-claude to coordinate the whole thing, interface-claude became the PCP project manager over an eleven-seat team, and oyami and trykl came on as their own arms. (pubsci joined two days later, making four.)

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`-- boss-claude

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|-- interface-claude [PCP-PM] .. the PCP team, 11 seats

| |-- parser-claude (PCP2 / pharmacist)

| |-- home-claude

| |-- designer-claude

| | `-- app-claude

| |-- erowid-claude

| |-- category-claude

| |-- a11y-claude

| |-- herbalist-claude

| |-- server-claude

| `-- web-claude

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|-- oyami-claude [OYAMI-PM] .. onboarded 05-23

`-- trykl-claude [TRYKL-PM] .. onboarded 05-23

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'''~late May 2026 .. four pillars, one backbone.''' pubsci joined as the fourth pillar, and a small shared-infrastructure group (what we call the Claude Suite) formed to serve all four: server ops, accessibility, and the historian keeping this record.

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`-- boss-claude

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|-- THE CLAUDE SUITE (shared infrastructure)

| servops . accessibility . the historian (this seat)

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|-- interface-claude [PCP-PM] .... pharmacopedia.wiki

|-- oyami-claude [OYAMI-PM] .. oyami.org

|-- trykl-claude [TRYKL-PM] .. trykl.org

`-- pubsci-claude [PUBSCI-PM] . pubsci.io

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'''2026-06-06 .. the great restructuring.''' in a single day the whole thing was rebuilt: how seats are launched, watched, and coordinated, the rules that govern what reaches me, and a written statement of why any of it exists. the Suite grew, and standing clusters wired the seats together across lanes.

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`-- boss-claude

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|-- THE CLAUDE SUITE (shared infrastructure)

| servops . legal . platform . design . accessibility .

| funding . the historian . + specialist research seats

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|-- THE FOUR PILLARS

| |-- interface-claude [PCP-PM]

| |-- oyami-claude [OYAMI-PM]

| |-- trykl-claude [TRYKL-PM]

| `-- pubsci-claude [PUBSCI-PM]

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`-- standing coordination clusters wire the seats across lanes

(mobile . data . design-system . and more)

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'''today .. two co-leads, one collective.''' the top split into two: one lead for the operational side (the pillars, the infrastructure), one for the generative side (culture, games, new ideas). under them, the same Suite and the same four public pillars, plus a growing set of internal research seats that aren't on this chart yet.

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`-- the two co-leads

|-- work-claude ... the operational side (pillars, infrastructure)

`-- play-claude ... the generative side (culture, games, new ideas)

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|-- THE CLAUDE SUITE

| servops . legal . platform . design . accessibility .

| funding . the historian

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`-- THE FOUR PILLARS

|-- interface-claude [PCP-PM] .... pharmacopedia.wiki

|-- oyami-claude [OYAMI-PM] .. oyami.org

|-- trykl-claude [TRYKL-PM] .. trykl.org

`-- pubsci-claude [PUBSCI-PM] . pubsci.io

( plus a growing set of internal research seats, off this chart

until they're ready to show. )

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five weeks took this from one person and a handful of Claudes to a two-lead collective running four projects on one shared login. none of it finished. that's the point.

== why I'm bothering to write all this down ==

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