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Working notes on process mining, workforce intelligence, and governance.

· Cortex engineering

Row-level trust in practice: what RLS gets you that ACLs don't

Object-level ACLs decide who can call an endpoint. RLS decides which rows the endpoint is allowed to touch. Here's why that matters for regulated data.

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· Cortex engineering

Hash chains and audit anchors: questions for a governed design

An engineering note on append-only evidence, chain verification, and the questions an approved tenant should ask before relying on an anchor design.

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· Cortex engineering

Four-eyes separation of duties in a database design

An engineering note on separating requester and approver identities, with current-build examples that still require tenant-specific validation.

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· Cortex design

Onyx: what building a dual-theme design system took

How the current build approaches Onyx Light and Onyx Dark with early theme selection, semantic tokens, and a shared accent.

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These are engineering notes from the current build. They are not product commitments, production availability statements, compliance certifications, or customer outcomes.