Publications

Selected writing, drafts, and formal research-facing output.

Documentation as Operational Infrastructure

2026 arXiv preprint Vol. arXiv:2604.12345
Trevor Smale
Abstract

This placeholder preprint describes documentation not as a passive artifact, but as a working part of operational infrastructure. It argues that runbooks, deployment notes, and architecture records reduce system fragility by improving transfer, recovery, and institutional memory.

Readable Systems: Notes Toward Practical Infrastructure Pedagogy

2025 IEEE draft profile placeholder Vol. early access
Trevor Smale
Abstract

This placeholder record stands in for future academic or professional writing on teaching infrastructure topics clearly, with emphasis on Linux systems, operational literacy, and applied documentation.