02 · ARCHITECTURE 03 / 12

What the interface reveals

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Control is not a feature
Every system boundary doubles as an input channel.
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Glass that remembers
Interface state persists across cold restarts without a save.
3
Precision we pay for
0.3ms overhead per trace. The observability tax we absorb.
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The deliberate exception
One warm surface in a room of cold concrete.
PRISM 03 / 12
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