Lakon1

Why Lakon1

Laconia was the region around Sparta, and Spartans were famous for saying little. So famous that they became a word: laconic in English, lacônico in Portuguese, means brief, saying a lot with few words.

The best-known story comes from Plutarch. Philip II of Macedon, who already ruled much of Greece, sent Sparta a threat: if I invade Laconia, I will drive you out. The Spartans answered with a single word:

If.The Spartans' reply to Philip II, according to Plutarch

That's where the 1 comes from. One word was enough.

Software is better when it says only what's needed, too: fewer screens, fewer options, less code. Lakon1 is a company that builds software that way, straight to the point, and ships fast because it doesn't carry what it doesn't need.

Lakon1: only what's needed.