> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.novel.dev/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.novel.dev/philosophy.md).

# Philosophy

The whole motivation behind Novel was to make it easy for engineers to start and maintain convention but allow enough escape hatches for growth. The development of Novel follows the same vein.

## **Monolith-First**

Learn the domains of the business as safe as possible

## Low Overhead

Make use of as little dependencies and managed service as possible

## **Security-first**

Be paranoid of data coming in or out

## **Simple Interfaces**

Consistent and small interfaces

## **Transparent Tooling**

Wrestling with tooling costs money

## **Development-team Friendly**

The code should be easy to jump into