- R-001Pattern Research
The quiet capture of organizational workflows
How small integration decisions compound into platform-defined operating models over 24–36 months — and why most organizations only notice once exit becomes structurally unaffordable.
— First in an ongoing series on workflow capture.
May 202614 minUpdated 22 May 2026FrameworkOperational drift - R-002Dependency Analysis
Identity providers as single points of governance
When a single identity layer mediates access to every internal system, governance and availability become the same surface. A close reading of the cascade failure pattern.
Apr 20269 minFrameworkGovernance erosion - R-003Operational Drift
When SaaS pricing becomes infrastructure policy
Seat-based and consumption-based pricing eventually shape staffing, architecture, and procurement. A short essay on pricing as a slow-acting policy lever.
Mar 202611 minFrameworkEcosystem lock-in - R-004Dependency Analysis
Observability stacks and the new lock-in surface
Telemetry formats, proprietary schemas, and query languages are quietly producing a new generation of vendor dependency — measured here against the cost of moving them.
Mar 20267 minFrameworkInfrastructure reliance - R-005Concentration Note
Data warehouse egress as exit cost
A working note quantifying the real cost of leaving a modern warehouse: egress, format translation, and orchestration rebuild. Numbers are conservative.
Dec 202513 minRevised Feb 2026FrameworkPlatform dependency - R-006Operational Drift
On the slow privatization of developer tooling
From open standards to vendor-shaped defaults. A patient look at how the developer toolchain has been gradually re-enclosed over the last decade.
Jan 202610 minFrameworkEcosystem lock-in
We publish what we can defend. The archive grows slowly on purpose.