# Explanation

This section of the documentation explains the "why" behind dotevals's design decisions and architecture.

- **[Design Principles](design-principles.md)** - The core principles that guide dotevals's development
- **[Control Plane Architecture](control-plane-architecture.md)** - Why dotevals uses single-machine control with remote inference

These documents explain the philosophy and architectural decisions behind dotevals. For implementation details and usage patterns, see the [Reference](../reference/index.md) section.
