[salawat]

It's not overly dramatic at all. Think about what these IT systems we build are fundamentally designed to do. An ID for everything, an event for every transaction, all of which are becoming more and more integrated under central authorities, whether intentionally or not.

I'm getting to the point where I'm not willing to implement these types of systems for anyone anymore. Not after seeing the breadth of data hoovering and consolidation being pursued.

At some point I just realized the only thing preventing these systems being used in the ways I dread is y'all being decent.

...I'm not willing to cut that check anymore. Seen too much.