Shared state carries the meaning.
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Four layers. One idea.
The idea / Programmed Interface Compression
Programmed Interface Compression (PIC) moves recurring decisions into an engineered, evolving codebook, so later instructions can get shorter without losing meaning. Distillery structures the state. MMS authorizes action. Evidence Layer proves what happened. KMS brings the shared state back when it is needed.
Read the PIC definition
DistilleryIn production
Structuring layer
Turn a pile of records into something usable.
Filters and structures sprawling, messy source material into clean, consistent records -- so the work of sorting and re-reading stops being yours.
MMSLive
Authorization layer
Stop unsafe execution before it happens.
Independent human, hardware, and system-state checks must agree before a consequential action can run -- so "is this allowed?" stops being a manual judgment call.
Evidence LayerLive
Proof layer
Prove what happened, after it matters.
Tamper-evident records, hashes, and timestamps assemble themselves as work happens -- so building the audit trail stops being a scramble done later by hand.
KMSIn production
Retrieval layer
Ask for what you know, get it back.
An interactive layer over everything the other three capture -- so finding the right record, history, or status stops meaning digging through scattered notes.
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The machinery ships finished things.
HMIC Studio / Live
Lizzie's Magic Door
Storymaker turns a child's choices into a complete story. Learning Arcade builds reading, typing, spelling, math, and science through short adaptive missions. Progress stays in that browser.
ALCOA
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HMIC Lab / Open source
ALCOA RubberStamp v1.0.0
Create a deterministic commitment to a directory of files, verify it later, and optionally bind it to an external timestamp. MIT-licensed reference software.
5G
TJ @ HMIC / Public video / May 21, 2026
HMIC SubC 5 Guitar Framework
Five guitarists map five load-bearing axes of the operator system: curriculum, signal, proof, architecture, and operator output. The first serious public SubC artifact.