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Build with care.
Think in decades.
Better computing is only part of the ambition. We’re building L Labs around lasting work, respect for people, and a willingness to learn in public.
The principles behind the workBuild for the long term.
Make decisions we can keep believing in.
Good work takes time. We value thoughtful decisions, lasting relationships and a business durable enough to keep doing useful work. The next milestone matters. So does what happens after it.
We want to build software people can understand, depend on and keep using. That means caring for the foundations, being clear about tradeoffs and giving an idea the attention it needs to become something lasting.
In practice
Choose a sound foundation over a shortcut that leaves someone else with the cost.
Respect people and their work.
People have already invested a great deal.
Their time. Their knowledge. The software they have written and the hardware they already own. We start with respect for that investment, and for the people whose ideas made our work possible.
For l, that makes compatibility a design constraint. We’re rebuilding the execution engine beneath K and Q because we believe better machinery should carry useful work forward. The same respect shapes how we think about access to the tools and opportunities to learn.
In practice
Ask what a change demands of the person using it, as well as what it makes possible.
Learn openly.
Be curious enough to change your mind.
We question assumptions, share what we learn and change course when the evidence calls for it. An interesting result is the beginning of a conversation. It should be possible to ask how we got there.
We aim to explain the reasoning, the conditions and the limits alongside the result. Through our writing and the Listbox, we want to make room for questions, different experiences and the observations that help us see something we missed.
In practice
Make the work open to examination. Let a better explanation change the next decision.
A company in formation
Technical ambition.
Public benefit.
We’re forming L Labs as a public benefit corporation to make powerful computing more accessible, more efficient and more useful.
We want to build a durable business that serves a broader purpose. These principles are a starting point for making those ambitions part of the same work, from the beginning.
Keep the conversation going
Good questions make
the work better.
Follow what we’re building, share an observation or tell us what you think we should be asking.