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Why your organization system is guaranteed to break.

Featuring From the Weekly Meeting. Published July 11, 2026.

Collin Thomas explains why your current system will inevitably need rebuilding, and how to prepare for it when it happens.

No system lasts forever. Understanding that your setup will eventually break allows you to build it in a way that makes rebuilding easier.

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