Why Readied refuses to
become a platform

Every successful note app follows the same arc.

It starts simple. Then it adds sync. Then it adds extensibility — not as optional tools, but as dependencies. Eventually, the app becomes a platform.

Somewhere along the way, exports break. Incentives shift. Trust erodes.

Readied was built to avoid that cycle.

Growth demands features.

Features demand infrastructure.

Infrastructure demands revenue.

Revenue demands lock-in.

This isn't malice. It's gravity.

The only way to escape it is to stop optimizing for growth.

Readied is constrained by design.

• No servers to maintain
• No ecosystem that your notes depend on
• No dependency graph outside your disk

The app works entirely offline. Your files are standard Markdown. If we disappear tomorrow, your notes don't.

Readied is not ambitious software. It's careful software.

We optimize for decades, not quarters.

We ship less, not more.

We say no by default.

We're not against features. We're against features that create dependencies.

• Backlinks — computed from your files
• Search — an index rebuilt from your files
• Graph view — visualization, not storage

The rule: if deleting our database doesn't lose your data, the feature is allowed.