What I hold to, and where Truemend holds to it.

Truemend is built the way I work. Each principle below shows up twice: in how I run an engagement, and in what the product does on its own.

Read before proposing.
How I work
I read the repository before I suggest anything. Interviews come after the evidence.
In Truemend
A run scores the whole codebase before the report recommends a change.
Don’t guess.
How I work
If I can’t show a change is safe, I don’t make it. I take it to the person who owns the code.
In Truemend
Changes it can verify arrive as diffs. Everything else goes to a person, with evidence.
Do the free work first.
How I work
Mechanical cleanup comes before anything you would pay for.
In Truemend
The report separates what clears at no cost from what it prices.
Leave the big calls with the owners.
How I work
Architecture belongs to the team that will live with it.
In Truemend
Structural findings come back as evidence and options. They are never applied automatically.
Keep the code where it lives.
How I work
I work on your machine or with read-only access, and I don’t keep a copy.
In Truemend
Core analysis runs on your infrastructure, without a model.
Publish the losses.
How I work
When I’m wrong, it goes on the record.
In Truemend
Benchmarks it loses stay published. Rules that fail blind review are switched off, with the reason.
Make myself unnecessary.
How I work
An engagement is done when the team can keep the code straight without me.
In Truemend
It runs in your CI, so the standard holds after I leave.

Read before proposing.