I'd like to keep this post around as Gruber-style "claim chowder" for the author some day. You can choose to believe this or not believe this, but only the passage of time will really prove it one way or the other.

Just because there's a lot of plumbing going on doesn't mean anything useful is happening with it. Beware architecture astronauts.

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