Most things we build are made to be fixed if they go wrong.
We can try again if something does not work out.
We can change what we did before.
We can even go back to how things were
This ability to change things makes us feel safe.
What really matters is what happens when we do something that cannot be changed.
When different parts of a system work together things do not usually go wrong all at once.
It is like a lot of small things add up.
Someone gives permission for something to happen.
Something is given to someone who needs it.
Something that is needed is locked in so it cannot be used for anything
Then something else happens because of what was done
Each of these steps makes it so there are choices for what can happen next.
With Fabric Foundation and ROBO the big question is not whether things can be done correctly.
It is whether the system knows when it is too late to change what was done.
Because being able to change things hides how much they really cost.
Not being able to change things shows how much they really cost.
If things are done without checking and then problems are found it costs a lot to fix them.
This is not because the system is bad it is because a choice was made before it was clear what would happen.
Good systems that can work on their treat making a choice as something that can be measured.
They make it clear when a choice is made but not final when a choice is made with conditions and when a choice is final.
When this is clear people know when the risk of something going changes from something that can be fixed to something that is a bigger problem.
When it is not clear things seem to be going well until something needs to be changed.
People like it when things are done fast.
Doing things fast without being careful about making choices creates problems.
The cost of not being able to change things shows up in things like.
How often things get worse.
When different parts of the system are locked and cannot do what they need to do.
When people have to negotiate and fix things after they were supposed to be done.
A system that can work on its own does not fail just because one thing goes wrong.
It gets weaker when choices are made faster than it's clear what is happening.
Something like ROBO cannot make it so that things can always be changed.
It can help pay for the things that make it clear when a choice is made like making sure each step is done in order and making sure it is clear when things are changing.
The strongest systems are not the ones.
They are the ones that know when a decision can no longer be changed.
That is where the important parts of a system are.
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