Quiet Interfaces for Infrastructure

Rationale & Context

Most monitoring UIs optimize for incident response, not daily cognition. Calm signal reduces fatigue and raises true anomaly contrast.

Constraints & Non-Goals

• —No alert spam.
• —Always-on legibility.
• —Graceful degradation.
• —Operator trust is primary.

Feasibility Gradient

Start with one subsystem → define calm baselines → add anomaly contrast → validate with operators → scale to multi-site.

Next Actions

1. Define a baseline metric set for one system.
2. Prototype 3 visual languages and run 30-min operator sessions.
3. Design an anomaly-contrast scoring heuristic.