Orvial journal

Notes from the engine room.

Clear writing about desired-state workspaces, macOS reliability, verification, and what it takes to make a changing desk feel ready.

Coordinates describe where a window was. A useful workspace system needs to understand where work belongs now.

A successful command is not the same thing as a successful workspace. Verification closes that gap.

Saved layouts are not a bad implementation of workspace restoration. They are a good implementation of something else.

The honest answer is narrower than the fear and broader than the marketing — and the read side matters more than the write side.

The same logical Scene should survive different desks without becoming three unrelated saved layouts.

New notes

One useful update at a time.

Occasional product and engineering notes. No content treadmill.