The project
Alpha-1 is a working product built to test a different premise.
aligned.email began with a product question: can durable sender relationships reduce the repeated work and unwanted exposure created by an arrival-first inbox? The current application turns that question into something people can use and evaluate.
Created by Christopher Morley
Current implementation
What exists today
The private, read-only Alpha is an iOS-first, cross-platform application. It can connect to either one Gmail or one Microsoft account at a time, synchronize incoming messages, store the local state needed for responsive presentation, and route messages deterministically among Inbox, Lobby, Noise, and Suspicious.
The application has been built as a signed iOS release, and its provider authentication and core workflows have been validated on a physical iPhone. It is being prepared for a small, invited evaluation rather than represented as a finished or publicly available product.
Architecture
Product and engineering move together
The implementation uses C#, .NET, .NET MAUI, and SQLite. Gmail and Microsoft have provider-specific authentication and synchronization paths, while shared application layers preserve one relationship and routing model.
Read-only provider operations, secure token storage, local-first presentation, deterministic routing, and explicit user control are architectural constraints—not finishing copy added after the fact.
Development practice
A governed, evidence-oriented process
Development is specification-driven. Product requirements, architectural decisions, acceptance criteria, automated tests, structured review, manual device validation, and human approval are preserved as distinct parts of the work.
AI tools assist extensively with exploration, implementation, and review. They do not replace product direction, architecture, security judgment, testing, or final approval. Message routing in the current Alpha remains deterministic and explainable rather than AI-powered.