Comparisons
Studies that hold an outside tool, system, or paradigm up against kolu — what to borrow, where we deliberately differ, and the decision that falls out.
The Comparisons index gathers notes that hold an outside thing — another tool, a rival design, a whole industry paradigm — up against kolu and ask the same two questions: what should we borrow, and where do we deliberately differ. The output is a decision with the evidence attached, not a neutral feature grid: a reference implementation to learn from, a gap to close, a moat to defend.
It’s the outward-looking sibling of Analysis: an Analysis looks inward (how does our own system behave?), a Comparison looks outward (how do we stand against this alternative?).
This note is an index (moc: true): a note is filed here by listing
comparison in its parents, usually alongside the topical hub it also belongs
to (e.g. remote-terminals). The graph renders it large; its card on the
Atlas lists its cluster.