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The ideas behind the build.

Essays and notes on the why beneath KBVE — the craft of programming and automation, the practice of emulation and archiving dead code, and the cultural stances on social media, solarpunk, and open access that shape how we ship. Opinionated, evolving, and open.

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Build & preserve

Engineering & Systems

ProgrammingNotes and resources on the craft of writing code.AutomationTurning manual work into workflows — efficiency, fewer errors, more room to build.EmulationA quick reference to the emulator families across the eco-system.DeadCodeLearning from archived code — what the graveyard still teaches.

Society online

Culture & Society

Social Media ToxicityOn the toxicity of social media and steps to reclaim the mind.SolarPunkA hybrid tech-and-environment movement built on working with nature.Guerilla Open Access ManifestoAaron Swartz on open access — knowledge belongs to everyone.

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What is the Theory collection?

A set of essays and notes on the ideas behind KBVE — the craft of programming and automation, the practice of emulation and archiving dead code, and the cultural stances on social media, solarpunk, and open access that guide the work.

How is Theory different from the Application guides?

Application guides are hands-on field notes for specific tools. Theory is the why beneath them — principles, movements, and manifestos rather than commands and configs.

Can I contribute an essay?

Yes — every page is an MDX file in the open monorepo. Open a pull request against KBVE on GitHub and it ships with the next deploy.

Where do the tool and project docs live?

Tools live under /application/ and KBVE's own services and games under /project/, with the tagged hub at /projects/.

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Where to next

Application NavigatorField guides for every tool in the KBVE stack.JournalDaily dev logs — one page for every day of the year.KBVE ProjectsEverything we build — games, services, and libraries in one tagged index.