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Same applies to large code bases, programming stacks, law, service manuals, etc.

Expansion while a problem space is explored, drunken sailor style. Contraction and consolidation as best fit solutions are identified and adopted.

Technical debt due to entropy, obsolescence, communication lag (diffusion of innovation), pride, etc.

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Oh. This reminds me. TODO: read up on facilities management, see how they deal with this. Stuff like scheduling capex and funding maintenance.




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