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ArchiveWhen Does a Rewrite Make Sense?
Cases where rewrites introduced real problems, and a case where starting over in a different language might genuinely be the better path.
Languages Evolve
What if the languages being rewritten away from solve the problems that motivated the rewrite?
Is It Memory Safe?
Tools that have worked reliably for years are being rewritten for memory safety. What happens to the communities that built them?
To Protect Children, First Centralize Everything Worth Stealing
Age verification laws require collecting the exact data they exist to protect.
Two Boycotts
The government boycotted Anthropic for refusing unrestricted military access. The public boycotted OpenAI for accepting it. Millions of users left ChatGPT. Claude is now the top AI app in the App Store. The market picked a side.
Does This Look Sensitive to You?
When the recommended defense against data exfiltration is sending your data to a third party first, something has gone wrong.
Android Was Open Until It Won
Google is cutting AOSP releases in half and gating developer access behind mandatory verification. Android was open when Google needed adoption. Now that it owns the market, the openness is being revoked.
What's the Difference?
Anthropic entered the commercial ring, built a competitive product, sustained a business, and refused to sell its conscience. OpenAI did three of those four things. That is the difference.
Windows, Walls, Gates
Microsoft named its operating system 'Windows': transparent, inviting, open. In practice, it became the most opaque piece of software in computing history.
Cannot in Good Conscience
Anthropic refused the Pentagon's ultimatum to remove AI safeguards. Then 220 employees at Google and OpenAI signed a petition saying their companies should have too. One company's conscience and 220 engineers' courage should not be the only thing between frontier AI and unrestricted military deployment.
The Foundation Is Physical
AI is the most resource-intensive technology ever built. It does not transcend the physical systems that sustain it. If those systems fail, AI fails with them. The industry talks about AI risk as though the technology is the variable. The planet is the variable.
You Built the Training Set. You Deserve the Regulation.
The American public's labor, creative output, and personal data built every frontier AI model. They are not a stakeholder group being consulted. They are a resource being consumed. The regulatory framework they deserve does not exist.