Our checker did not catch the wrong number. It enforced it.

Single source of truth

One number described your product. It appeared in five places with five different values. The tool built to prevent exactly this had spent months making it worse.

Five values for one fact

The number was how many tools our server offers. A simple, countable fact. It is generated from the code itself, so there is no room for opinion.

The generated truth said 122. Thirteen public pages said 126. The launch texts for Hacker News said 89. The marketing emails said 116. An internal strategy document said 140.

Our checker did not catch the wrong number. It enforced it.

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