Manifesto
Most tech analysis is noise.
The technology media ecosystem optimizes for speed, not insight. Hot takes get rewarded. Deep analysis gets buried. The result is an industry drowning in commentary but starving for understanding. Ship Happens exists because that gap is unacceptable.
Structure beats narrative.
Markets do not move because of stories. They move because of structural forces: network effects, switching costs, infrastructure lock-in, regulatory capture, and distribution advantages that compound over time. We analyze the structure, not the narrative.
Opinions are required.
Balanced reporting is for wire services. Analysis without a point of view is just summary. Every piece we publish takes a position. Sometimes we are wrong. That is the cost of being useful instead of merely informative.
Independence is non-negotiable.
No corporate sponsors. No paid placements. No advisory relationships that compromise what gets published. The moment analysis serves someone other than the reader, it stops being analysis and becomes marketing.
Shipping is the only proof.
Strategy decks are fiction. Roadmaps are aspirational. The only reliable signal in technology is what actually ships. We pay attention to what is real, not what is promised.