The Source of Truth Was in Someone s Head

TECHNICAL PARABLE The Source of Truth Was in Someone s Head

Junior Developer Young adult sincere developer discovering production reality; helper/audience surrogate. "Where is the source of truth?"

The PM Adult professional woman representing alignment, roadmap pressure, prioritization, stakeholder negotiation, and delivery reality. "Currently, in Selin’s head."

Elder Very short adult CTO, title host, narrator, calm adult in chaos, present-tense production-chaos explainer. "That is not a storage system."

Tiny CTO Very short adult CTO, title host, narrator, calm adult in chaos, present-tense production-chaos explainer. "A person can remember context, but a team needs recoverable knowledge."

The chaos was predictable.

TINY CTO LESSON Knowledge that lives only in one person is not a system boundary; it is a dependency. Read Full Technical Parable →