docs: a footer note on building with AI

The point is not a disclaimer, it is the argument: the tool is not the measure
of a project. Code nobody understands is bad code whoever typed it, and code
whose every decision can be explained is good code by the same standard.

Placed next to a link to history/ on purpose. That directory is where the
claim can be checked -- the bugs are written up in full, including the wrong
hypotheses and the measurements that killed them. An explanation you can
follow is the evidence; a byline is not.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VQ7Qx8E1q1M1bbCq8QLHS2

docs/Website/README.md

@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ python3 -m http.server 8000
 Adding a document means adding one line to the `DOCS` array in `docs.js`. The
 reader will only load a path that appears there.
 
+## The two footer notes
+
+Both pages carry two statements below the licence line, and both are meant to
+be read rather than skimmed past.
+
+The first is the flag, below. The second is about AI, and it says the thing
+worth saying: the tool is not the measure. A project is good when the people
+building it understand what was built. That claim is deliberately made next to
+a link to `history/`, because that directory is where it can be checked — the
+bugs are written up in full, including the wrong turns and the measurements
+that disproved them. An explanation you can follow is the evidence; the byline
+is not.
+
 ## The flag
 
 `Assets/pride.svg` is in the top bar and in the footer, on both pages, and it

docs/Website/docs.html

@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
       Built by, and for, people of every orientation and gender identity.
       The flag stays up all year.
     </span>
+    <span class="note" id="ai-note">
+      <b>On AI.</b>
+      Parts of SchOS were written with AI assistance, and that is not the measure
+      of anything. A project is good when the people building it understand what
+      was built, and bad when nobody does — whoever, or whatever, typed it. Vibe
+      your way through and you get something no one can fix. Stay in the loop and
+      you get a system you can explain line by line. The bug writeups in
+      <a href="?doc=history/kernel.md">history/</a> are where that gets
+      checked, including the wrong turns.
+    </span>
   </div>
 </footer>
 

docs/Website/index.html

@@ -295,6 +295,16 @@
       Built by, and for, people of every orientation and gender identity.
       The flag stays up all year.
     </span>
+    <span class="note" id="ai-note">
+      <b>On AI.</b>
+      Parts of SchOS were written with AI assistance, and that is not the measure
+      of anything. A project is good when the people building it understand what
+      was built, and bad when nobody does — whoever, or whatever, typed it. Vibe
+      your way through and you get something no one can fix. Stay in the loop and
+      you get a system you can explain line by line. The bug writeups in
+      <a href="docs.html?doc=history/kernel.md">history/</a> are where that gets
+      checked, including the wrong turns.
+    </span>
   </div>
 </footer>
 

docs/Website/style.css

@@ -576,3 +576,18 @@ body.reading footer { margin-top: auto; }
 .top nav a.on { color: var(--fg); }
 
 .readerlink { margin-top: 2rem; }
+
+/* A footer note that is a paragraph rather than a credit line. Same width
+   discipline as body text: these are read, not scanned. */
+footer .note {
+  flex-basis: 100%;
+  max-width: 54rem;
+  color: var(--dim);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  line-height: 1.7;
+}
+footer .note b { color: var(--fg); font-weight: 700; }
+footer .note a { color: var(--accent); }
+
+/* The two notes sit below the identity line, not beside it. */
+footer .wrap { row-gap: 1.5rem; }