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Sovereignty Is Having an Exit
A practical view of digital sovereignty built around portability, rebuildability, and keeping services replaceable rather than trying to self-host everything.
Software, security, systems, music.
Robert Ryan Jennings
Web logs of a software development engineer, musician, artist and hockey player.
Essays on software engineering, mobile and backend security, architecture, older systems, and the occasional adjacent obsession.
Content expressed is my own and does not reflect the opinions of any entity.
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From AI-Native SDLC to Governed Software Delivery
Oct 1, 2026 12:00AM
9 min read
1907 words
The AI-native SDLC gets the bottleneck shift right. My own architecture pushes the idea further: generated artifacts are cheap, but trusted acceptance and authorized effects must remain explicit.
Globalization and the Problem of Exit
Sep 24, 2026 8:15PM
13 min read
2564 words
The internet blurred jurisdiction while corporations, data, AI, and supply chains became global. What would cooperation look like if sovereignty and the right to exit still mattered?