🔒 Building Continuum — Chap. 4 — Architecture as Theology

This chapter explores the tension between convenience and stewardship. Software architecture encodes values — about authority, dependency, and responsibility. “Architecture as Theology” argues that local-first design is not nostalgia or paranoia, but a moral stance about custody, leverage, and the distribution of power in an age of centralized cloud systems and AI.

🔒 Building Continuum — Chap. 4 — Architecture as Theology

This chapter explores the tension between convenience and stewardship. Software architecture encodes values — about authority, dependency, and responsibility. “Architecture as Theology” argues that local-first design is not nostalgia or paranoia, but a moral stance about custody, leverage, and the distribution of power in an age of centralized cloud systems and AI.


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