[{"content":"Years ago, I wrote a tool to automate creating user accounts for a system. In a time before automated account creation was standard, this system needed to auto-generate passwords. I designed a utility that used random words pulled from Lewis Carroll\u0026rsquo;s Alice in Wonderland texts to derive passwords. As noted by those who used it, the script occasionally created some absolutely hilarious results.\nWhen I started this venture, I needed a rich source of project names, so I decided to hark back to those days of using words from Lewis Carroll\u0026rsquo;s stories to define my projects.\nInternal tools quickly started to emerge: Dinah, Mimsy, and Wabe. When it came time to think of a name for the company itself, Wabe, which was the name of our central components project, started to feel like the perfect fit.\nIn Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice that the word \u0026ldquo;wabe\u0026rdquo; refers to the grass-plot surrounding a sundial. It is called a wabe because it goes a long way before it, a long way behind it, and a long way on each side of it.\nFor us, the wabe represents the perfect architectural metaphor.\nWhen managing modern artificial intelligence and complex software systems, the hardest challenge is managing the boundaries of your systems. We map out the clear space surrounding our projects. We define exactly what lies before them, what lies behind them, and what lies on each side of them.\nAs a tribute to that original inspiration, the following is Jabberwocky, the famous poem from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.\n’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. “And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy. ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. By Lewis Carroll\n","date":"30 August 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/behind-the-name/","section":"Wabe Labs","summary":"","title":"Behind the Name","type":"page"},{"content":"We believe that great software is a work of hand-crafted art. In an industry currently rushing to dump raw codebases into artificial intelligence, we reject the noise. We prioritize human intent over raw AI generation, ensuring that every system we build is designed with absolute pride and precision.\nOur work is built on three core pillars:\nSoftware Craftsmanship # Code is an implementation detail; clarity is the goal. We design clean, robust, and highly maintainable systems that reflect the unique pride of the engineers who authored them.\nSecure Context Engineering # We build zero-overhead, highly secure advisor networks. By treating Documentation-as-a-Contrac, we give modern language models precise blueprints, completely eliminating context overload and token waste.\nZero-Overhead Automation # Enterprise-grade security does not require bloated software suites. We build keyless, maintenance-free delivery pipelines using to run secure operations with minimal cost.\nHold tight, we are currently mixing a little of this and some of that while ensuring your safety!\n","date":"30 August 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"Wabe Labs","summary":"","title":"Wabe Labs","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/authors/","section":"Authors","summary":"","title":"Authors","type":"authors"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/series/","section":"Series","summary":"","title":"Series","type":"series"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"}]