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June 19, 2027
In 8 monthsLatency is just a speed bump on the road to your redundancy.
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You can still explain why the legacy exchange API crashed at 3am on a Sunday.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 2
AI starts suggesting superior memory layouts that you missed.
Week 10
Generative models begin writing more efficient Verilog than human engineers.
Month 5
Market algorithms start self-optimizing their own execution paths.
Month 7
The cooling fans get quieter because the code is too clean.
Month 8 · D-Day
Your access is revoked before the exchange even opens.
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