# ADR 0001: A Routing Kernel, Not a Framework

- Status: Accepted
- Date: 2026-08-17

## Context

The routing/middleware logic from brett-parson.com is being extracted into a
reusable package. The temptation is to grow it into a general-purpose web
framework.

## Decision

miniroute ships routing, matching, middleware composition, and controller
resolution only. It deliberately owns no HTTP object implementations, no
container, no templating, no database, no session, and no configuration.

## Consequences

- The package stays small enough to explain end-to-end.
- Consumers own their concrete Request/Response and dependency wiring.
- Reuse is broad because the kernel makes no assumptions about an app's stack.