Sources and Evidence

This note states what kind of evidence supports each part of the argument and what remains to be tested. External factual and regulatory claims were checked through 5 September 2026.

How the story was made

The Preface discloses the composite construction before the story begins. Keeping one request alive across the book makes consequences visible from customer to board. It is a way to examine the argument, not evidence that the proposed design works.

Practitioner observations, including “Nobody pays us to have the perfect architecture” and the phrase “the business business”, are reported from the author's experience…