Entropy and Organization in Tech Stacks

Every stack trends toward entropy: shadow integrations, one-off scripts, and tribal knowledge that walks out the door with a single resignation. Fighting decay is not a project; it is a cadence.

We outline a pragmatic maintenance playbook—ownership maps, dependency hygiene, and retirement criteria for services that no longer earn their keep.

The objective is not minimalism for its own sake. It is a system that costs less to reason about, so your best people spend time on leverage instead of archaeology.