No Condescension Rule

At Menlo, we communicate towards outcomes.

1. Don’t explain things with more things

No jargon. Mental clarity is the mark of true expertise.*

Often, we find that professors with 20 years of experience explain ideas more simply than a PhD/fresh graduate.

Communicate to be understood and to integrate with others. Don’t communicate to teach peers about your technical stack - that’s your job. Save the messy middle of your learning curve for Claude/Claw agents.

*“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself” - Richard Feynman

2. Don’t explain things to feel good about yourself

Your idea is only as good as your ability to convince others.

Don’t intellectually masterbate in front of people. But by all means, pontificate with Tokamak.