
Why I built Jenny
- Mark Kendall
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Jenny wasn't built in a lab by a marketing team; it was built in the trenches by an architect who was tired of the "telephone game" between a high-level design and a production reality that eventually stops looking anything like it.
As a long-term architect, I have built what has been missing: a way to actually scale your own judgment.
If we look at it through that lens—as an AI Architectural Framework—it changes the value prop. It’s not just "checking boxes"; it’s about giving an architect a "Force Multiplier."
Here is how we integrate that "Architect-First" soul into the language:
The Architect’s Perspective: Why I Built This
> "I didn't build Jenny because the world needed another AI bot. I built her because, as an architect, I needed a way to ensure that the systems we design are the systems we actually ship.
> In complex enterprise environments, 'Intent' usually dies a death of a thousand cuts—minor PRs, configuration tweaks, and emergency patches. I needed a framework that could hold the line for me. Jenny + TeamBrain is an AI Architectural Framework designed to do for architecture what CI/CD did for integration: make it continuous, verifiable, and honest."
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Refined Definition: The AI Architectural Framework
To keep the language "bulletproof" while acknowledging its identity as a framework, we can add this as the Structural Identity:
* The Category: Intent Observability.
* The Framework: An AI-native architectural framework that allows architects to codify their judgment into an active, reasoning system.
This framework gives you:
* Persistent Presence: You can't be in every PR or every stand-up. Jenny is.
* Automated Sanity: It surfaces the "dumb" mistakes that violate the "smart" design.
* Explainable Governance: When she flags drift, she uses TeamBrain to explain why it matters, based on the constraints you set.
The "Architect's Edge" (New Section)
From Subjective to Objective Architecture
Traditional architecture is subjective—it lives in the architect's head. When the architect leaves the room, the architecture starts to decay.
Jenny turns your Subjective Intent into Objective Reality. It gives the architect a way to "branch" and "version" their wisdom so the system can defend itself.
Next Step for Us
Since this is an Architectural Framework, the most powerful thing we can do next is define the "Intent Schema." If I’m an architect and I want to use your framework, I need to know: "How do I speak to Jenny?" Next Article!

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