What happens if they quit tomorrow?
A scientific doctrine explaining key person risk, institutional memory loss, and why engineering delivery collapses when critical people leave.
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Why is the monolith crushing the team?
A scientific analysis of how monolithic architectures increase coordination tax, slow delivery, and collapse engineering team velocity at scale.
How do we secure code on a laptop in a coffee shop in Brazil?"
A scientific doctrine for CTOs on securing source code on laptops in public environments using zero trust device sovereignty.
Why doesn’t governance prevent operational risk in engineering teams?
A scientific doctrine explaining why governance breaks at scale, how coordination tax creates risk, and how governance as code restores control.
Why is the feedback loop so slow?
A scientific doctrine for CTOs on why feedback loops slow delivery, how latency compounds coordination tax, and how synchrony restores speed.
Why does vendor accountability disappear after contracts are signed?
A scientific doctrine for CTOs and CIOs on why vendor accountability collapses after contracts due to lock-in, coordination tax, and weak exits.
Why does engineering velocity collapse after Series B / enterprise scale?
A scientific doctrine for CTOs explaining why engineering velocity collapses at enterprise scale due to coordination overhead and technical debt.
Why don’t managed engineering services actually reduce risk?
A scientific doctrine for CTOs and CIOs explaining why managed engineering hides risk, increases coordination tax, and delays time to revenue.
When does a new hire become profitable?
A scientific analysis for CTOs and CIOs on when new hires generate net value, and how onboarding, latency, and rework affect profitability.
Why are seniors failing junior tasks?"
Why senior engineers increasingly fail basic tasks, and how grade inflation, role misalignment, and governance breakdowns destroy delivery.