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Launch SimulationIntroduction: 'Pre-Mortem' as a Mirror to Organizational Fragility
By 2026, the technology industry is facing an unprecedented existential crisis driven by the relentless acceleration of AI. While this technological leap has intensified the pressure for infinite productivity and exponential growth, it has paradoxically accelerated the burnout and collapse of increasingly fragile human organizations. In this context, 'Pre-Mortem,' an NPM module released by Booby Inc., functions as a sophisticated social critique device. Transcending the boundaries of simple developer tools or joke apps, it serves to visualize the structural flaws of modern startup management, exposing the inevitable decay hidden behind the industry's obsession with speed.
Startup Physics: Anatomy of Organizational Metaphors in Block Breaking
Simulating management resources as blocks through physical rendering.
Solid Architecture / Organic Integrity
Represents rigorous hiring, mentorship cycles, and paying down technical/organizational debt. This high-density block creates immense structural stability and psychological safety.
The Paradox: While robust, an obsession with solidity creates 'Velocity Drag.' Without the lift of hype, the organization risks burning through its runway in obscurity before achieving escape velocity.
Hype-Driven Acceleration / AI Leverage
Represents AI-displaced workflows and trend-surfing (e.g., 'AI-Native'). Extremely lightweight, allowing for rapid vertical stacking and easy fundraising.
The Paradox: Essential for growth speed, but structurally hollow. Low friction leads to 'Slippage'—a critical lack of human ownership and context. The tower rises fast, but becomes increasingly fragile, prone to collapse under the weight of its own speed.
External Probabilities
- Wind / API Deprecation: Catastrophic vibrations for lightweight hype structures. Strong foundations endure.
- Ghost Employee: Slacker blocks with mass but zero friction. Consume resources without providing structural support.
Developer Story: The Architecture of Fragility
I’ve stood in the wreckage enough times to recognize the pattern. It is rarely bad product vision that kills a startup; it is the physics of pressure.
There is always a tipping point—driven by anxious founders, demanding investors, or the relentless logic of sales cycles—where "speed" overrides "stability." To extend our runway and survive the market, we are forced to stop laying heavy, solid foundations and start stacking lighter, faster blocks.
Whether it’s AI-generated code, hype-driven pivots, or aggressive technical debt, these accelerants are not evil—they are survival mechanisms. But they come with a hidden cost: structural fragility. They allow us to build higher and faster, but they leave the organization hollow.
I built Pre-Mortem not merely as a game, but as a simulation of this inherent flaw. It visualizes the silent trade-off every developer faces: How high can you build with fragile blocks before the weight of your own speed brings it all down?
Pre-Mortem
The Physics of Organizational Entropy and Collapse Simulation
- Organizational Entropy Simulation
- Mass & Friction Physics Engine
- Burnout & Sabotage Auditor
Ready to Simulate?
npm install pre-mortem