Ki Clash genesis — repo init + founding philosophy
The repo is born with an initial README naming it Product003_KiDuelGame, followed by a CLAUDE.md founding philosophy that codifies Jason's core beliefs and build methodology.
What happened
Two commits on day one. First, an initial commit adds only README.md, whose content names the project Product003_KiDuelGame — establishing it as Product003 of the AI Product Factory with a high-impact arcade turn game framing.
Second, a commit adds CLAUDE.md as a "founding philosophy" document. The commit body states it covers "core beliefs, build methodology, competitive advantages, and instructions for AI assistants working on this project."
Why
CLAUDE.md opens by declaring itself Jason's philosophy as a builder, meant to be copy-pasted to any AI before work. It is explicitly "not a technical spec" but how he thinks and what he refuses to compromise on.
The founding doc codifies these core beliefs, grounded in the diff:
- Products First, Architecture Second
- The Factory Mindset (a system that produces products)
- The Deterministic Backbone (same input/output → code; judgment → AI)
- Independence Through Modularity
- AI as a Teammate, Not a God
- Human Instinct is the Market
- Revenue Validates Everything
- Code Equals Documentation
Jason's background is recorded in the diff: a backend developer with 5 years on MES/WMS at SK AX, having optimized legacy code by 57% and automated work equivalent to 2 full-time positions. CLAUDE.md was added at 154 lines.
Notes
- Date/timezone tension: the initial commit's committer date is
2026-02-12T16:07:43+09:00(KST) while the philosophy commit is2026-02-12T07:25:16Z(UTC). Both resolve to the same calendar day, but in UTC the initial commit (07:07Z) and the philosophy commit (07:25Z) sit only ~18 minutes apart, and the local-time ordering looks reversed versus the listed commit order. - Commit authors differ: the initial commit is authored by "Daeseon_Yoo" (GitHub noreply), while the philosophy commit is authored by "Claude" with a claude.ai/code session link in the body.
- No
docs/spec.mdor game-design details exist in these two commits. The README only contains the titleProduct003_KiDuelGame; any product specifics beyond that title are not grounded here.
Commits
19874e6— Initial commitf805aa0— Add founding philosophy to CLAUDE.md