No asset performs forever. Products mature. Platforms age. Architectures become less efficient.
Yet many organizations fund technology as though every asset deserves equal investment indefinitely. No rational investor manages a financial portfolio that way.
Strong engineering leaders shouldn’t either.
The challenge is not recognizing that technology ages. The challenge is deciding when an asset no longer deserves the same allocation of capital.
Preserving the past is not the same thing as investing in the future.
https://primamachina.substack.com/p/technology-portfolios-age-like-financial