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# [The Code Didn't Break. The Assumptions Did.](https://theimpactanalysis.hashnode.dev/the-code-didn-t-break-the-assumptions-did?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Every legacy system failure I have seen in 27 years traces back to the same root cause: not the code, but what the people who wrote it believed to be permanently true.

May 8 · 9 min read · theimpactanalysis.hashnode.dev  
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[Shlomo Friman](https://hashnode.com/@shlomofr)

@shlomofr · Austin, USA

  
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Exploring the intersection of software archaeology and modern enterprise intelligence.

Founder & CEO of IN-COM Data Systems. I've been building software intelligence tools since 1997 — long enough to have a strong opinion about COBOL, mainframes, and why most enterprises still can't answer "what does this code actually do?"

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