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title: Design Philosophy
description: Popperian epistemology and the philosophical foundations of jjj
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`jjj` is built on a foundation of Critical Rationalism and a commitment to developer-centric, decentralized workflows.
## Inspiration & Acknowledgements
While `jjj` takes its own path, it is deeply inspired by previous work in the space of distributed code review and metadata management.
Special acknowledgement goes to **[git-appraise](https://github.com/google/git-appraise)**. Its approach to distributed code review as a set of git-native artifacts was a significant inspiration for the architectural decisions in `jjj`. We stand on the shoulders of those who have explored the frontier of decentralized developer tools.