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Notes from the work.
Plain-English takes on technology, security and the business of software, written for the people who have to make decisions about them.
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October 24, 2026
When the moat can be copied.
One developer rebuilt Adobe’s suite with an AI model in a few weeks, then did the same to Microsoft Office. What that does, and doesn’t, mean for the companies whose business is proprietary software.
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