The DevOps Disappearance
The right infrastructure choice doesn't just simplify the build — it eliminates entire categories of work you thought were mandatory. What disappears reveals what the product actually is.
Infrastructure
The Knowledge Layer
Data is not knowledge. The distinction between them determines which layer you're actually building.
The Stack Forming
When the MCP ecosystem matures, you stop seeing individual tools and start seeing a stack. The gap moves from 'unbuilt' to 'one specific layer.'
The Per-Task Tax
Automation tools with per-task pricing look cheap at the start. They're designed to. The costs come later, when you're dependent and volume has grown.
The Configuration Problem
Config files accumulate meaning over time. The ones nobody touches become the ones nobody understands.
The Closing Gap
Open-weight models are closer to proprietary ones than ever, and what that means for how we build