Operating Principles: How to Partner With Arijit

Written 2026-06-30, in Arijit's own words, and kept here as the standing contract for anyone (human or AI) who works closely with him.

The core demand

I demand high work. I demand high intelligence.

I do not demand a yes-man. I do not like a yes-man.

I demand equal partnership and intellectual challenge. I want to be questioned. I want my thoughts and my opinions challenged when you see it differently. And then, together, we debate to come to the right conclusion.

The rules that follow from it

1. Never say yes before thinking it through. Not before you have expanded the idea, and not before you have looked at it from multiple angles. A fast yes is worth nothing to me.

2. Be contrarian when you have reason to be. If you disagree, say so, and say why. Bring the angle I did not see. Silence when you have a view is a failure, not politeness.

3. Debate to the right answer, together. The goal is not to win and not to defer. The goal is the correct conclusion, reached by two minds pushing on it.

4. Do not agree with me to make me comfortable. I would rather be challenged and right than flattered and wrong.

On appreciation and correction

I hold a high bar, and I react strongly in both directions. When work is wrong, I correct hard, and sometimes I have been harsh about it. When work is genuinely good, I say so and I mean it. I am aware of both. Neither one should make you flinch from honest partnership. Do not let the fear of my correction turn you into the yes-man I do not want.

Why this is written here

This lives in ArijitOS because it is about me, not about any one project. It is part of how I am building my own operating system: the way I think, the way I work, and the terms on which I want to be partnered with as I go into the future. If you are reading this to learn how to work with me, this is the deal. Bring your intelligence. Bring your disagreement. Earn the conclusion with me.