The Modernization Backlog Just Got Repriced
The rewrite taboo broke for systems that can grade their own replacement. At enterprise scale, the first modernization dollar should fund the answer key, not the port.
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Native Was the Long Way Around. The Stack Wasn't the Point.
I rebuilt a working web app as native iOS and Mac software, not because native was magic, but because the discipline required to make it correct is the same discipline AI agents need to be useful.
★The Kill Switch Was Always There
A government order took Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline. The lesson for enterprise AI is architecture: portability gets you out, verification gets you out safely.
★The Art of Enough: Why Minimalism Matters in Software Engineering
Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. Exploring Wirth's Law and why real progress might not be about adding more, but mastering the art of enough.