The Endorsement
Put your name on it.
Energy ≠ time. Software and workplaces should adapt to real cognitive capacity - not demand that people pretend theirs is constant.
If you agree, sign. That's the whole ask.
You are endorsing a position, not a company:
- 01Energy ≠ time.
Hours present do not equal productive output. ph ≤ wh - always.
- 02Cognitive capacity varies.
Across a day, a week, a life. Variability is normal, not a defect.
- 03Default-brain design fails people.
Systems built for one brain with stable attention and energy fail millions - including people with ADHD, autism, depression, and chronic fatigue - and produce worse outcomes even for those they technically fit.
- 04Software should adapt to people.
Not the other way around.
- 05This is engineering, not charity.
Building for variable capacity means making concrete, testable decisions about interface behavior.
What signing means
- What you give: your name. Optionally your role or organization, and one sentence on why you signed.
- What we do with it: list it publicly on this page, with the others, after verifying it by hand. That's it.
- What we don't do: no newsletter, no follow-up asks, no sharing your email with anyone. Build updates are a separate checkbox - unchecked by default.
- Changed your mind? Email hello@kumbat.io and we remove you. No questions.
Signatories
The list is young. Early names carry the most weight - if the position reads true to you, yours belongs here.
Questions
- Is this a petition?
- No. Nothing is being demanded of anyone. It is a public record of people who share a position, so the position travels further than one company saying it.
- Am I endorsing Kumbatio’s products?
- No. You are endorsing the position above. Kumbatio builds open-source tools that implement it, but your signature attaches to the argument, not the software.
- Does signing commit me to anything?
- No. It is complete the moment you sign. Anything more - trying the SDK, sponsoring, piloting - is a separate, optional decision later.
- Can organizations sign?
- Yes. Use the organization’s name and have someone authorized submit it.
- What will you build with this list?
- Credibility for the position - in press, grant applications, and the case for a neuroinclusive-web standard. Signatories get asked nothing further unless they opted into updates.
Kumbatio products support self-management, workflow, and cognitive energy awareness. They are not medical diagnosis tools or treatment, and are not a replacement for professional mental health support.
