---
id: "quote-absurdities"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["00:00:16"]
tags: ["architecture", "contrarian"]
related: ["concept-icm", "claim-icm-superiority"]
speaker: "Jake Van Clief"
speakers: ["Jake Van Clief"]
sources: ["video"]
sourceVaultSlug: "interpretible-context-methodology-icm-2026Jun02"
originDay: 1
---
# Folders over Frameworks

> "They're not building multi-agentic frameworks and all these absurdities, they're building folders and markdown files on their computer and getting huge results from it."

— [[entity-jake-van-clief]], 00:00:16

## Why It Matters

The video's thesis in one sentence. It anchors [[concept-icm-d1]], [[claim-icm-superiority]], and the contrarian framing in [[contrarian-frameworks]].


## Related across days
- [[contrarian-frameworks]]
- [[contrarian-frameworks-overkill]]
- [[tension-absurdities-vs-bounded-scope]]
- [[recurring-foil-frameworks]]