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The Garage Concept
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The vault is the garage for scraps and experiments - the blog is the showroom, kept separate.
Key Concept
- The garage holds tools, scraps, experiments. The showroom is the blog. I do not confuse the two.
- Client pass-off uses the same split: Selling Static Sites workshop in my drafts; the client's deploy branch is the showroom on Free Tier Hosting Stack.
- One capture habit, one publish pipe - garage to garden to push, not two note apps fighting over the same idea.
Level 1 - Recognize
The garage concept splits messy workshop drafts from the clean showroom - the vault is the garage, the blog is what visitors see.
Level 2 - Explain
Tools, scraps, and experiments belong out of visitor view - the showroom only shows what you would stand behind.
Level 3 - Use
Keep capture and experiments in the garage pipe; ship only what belongs in the showroom.
Level 4 - Connect
Because visitors treat workshop mess as finished work, mixing lanes burns trust - one capture habit, one publish pipe.
Level 5 - Create
Client pass-off uses the same split - workshop drafts in my garage; client deliverables via Client Site Pass-Off and Free Tier Hosting Stack.
Examples
- The practice film library is messy; the highlight reel for parents is one clean cut - I almost sent raw film once and the coach pulled me back.
- The garage holds half-finished projects and sawdust; the front porch shows the one bench I would invite a neighbor to sit on.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Drafting in Public | when private workshop beats publishing half-baked notes |
| extends | Digital Garden | The garage is messy workshop; the garden showroom is public - you need both lanes |
| extends | Free Tier Hosting Stack | Garage-stage sites run on free tier stacks first |
| extends | Selling Static Sites | Client site stays showroom; experiments stay in the garage |
| extends | Success is Stewardship | Showroom vs workshop - steward both lanes |
