{
  "handle": "ObsolescenceHedging",
  "ref": "ObsolescenceHedging#7af3",
  "stub": "7af3",
  "semaId": "sema:ObsolescenceHedging#mh:SHA-256:7af30451423bd4af2d7a38a50c8d736173e0cdf44b6ff1146a1df64f606a999a",
  "layer": "Society",
  "category": "Economics",
  "gloss": "Delay building what the platform vendor is about to ship",
  "mechanism": "Tooling built on top of a fast-moving platform is treated as a temporary solution. Sound ideas migrate into the platform itself, as sub-agent orchestration did. Before building, check whether a known release is imminent and defer work that release would make redundant.",
  "invariants": [
    "Build value beyond what the platform will absorb",
    "Temporary scaffolding is expected to be discarded"
  ],
  "failureModes": [
    "Waiting indefinitely for a release that never covers the need",
    "Paralysis from every idea seeming subsumable"
  ],
  "ring": 2,
  "tier": 3,
  "aliases": {},
  "buildsOn": [],
  "usedBy": [],
  "sources": {
    "research": [],
    "works": [],
    "homePage": false
  },
  "url": "/knowledge-graph/ObsolescenceHedging/",
  "graphUrl": "/knowledge-graph#ObsolescenceHedging",
  "directory": "/knowledge-graph/patterns.json"
}