Understand the Patterns Your Tools Create
A different kind of tech stack audit and archetype reveal.
Your tech stack isn’t just a collection of tools—it’s the system that shapes how your team works together.
Tech stack design is a big determining factor in workplace harmony and how much ease people find moving through their daily projects and tasks.
Most tech stack audits look at costs and overlap.
This looks at behaviour, flow, and hidden friction.
Through this exercise, you’ll finally see the unconscious patterns your communication tools reinforce — patterns you knew were there but couldn’t name.
This isn’t a tool list, a checklist, or a sever-it-and-replace-it audit.
It’s a systems mirror — it shows you what your tools are actually training you to do.
By completing a tech stack exercise you will get an objective look at what behaviour your tools are optimizing for - reflected back as an unforgettable archetype.
For founders, operators, and makers who feel
things should feel simpler than they do
work is heavy in confusing or invisible ways
messaging and coordination leak effort
knowledge lives in people rather than places
This exercise isn’t for everyone — it’s for people who want real leverage to change.
What you’ll get out of it
A clear snapshot of what your tools are optimizing for
A language for the patterns your stack actually produces
A bridge from intuition → clarity → strategy
These insights help inform what to keep, what to change, and what to design next.
Why this approach matters
Traditional audits fix tools.
This audit fixes the behaviour your tools train you to repeat.
Your stack isn’t just a list — it’s a system of behavioural patterns. And systems shape work before you ever open a task list or calendar.
How it works
You’ll map your communication tools through two simple dimensions:
Projection — who sees it
Collaboration — who edits it
The combination reveals where your system lives most of the time, and where it creates friction you didn’t know how to name.
You get a profile, a description, and a set of patterns you can use to decide what to keep, what to change, and how to design your workspace so your tools stop working against you.
Who this is for
This is for you if:
You have too many touchpoints and no clear patterns
You feel like systems should hold work easier
You want to design your workspace, not just tidy it
You want your tools to serve your work — not trap it
Not for you if you want:
a quick tool ranking
a list of replacements
a reductionist audit
This exercise is designed to give you clarity before you change anything.
No recommendations. No right answers.
Just a clear picture of how your tools are shaping work today — and where they’re starting to strain.