Singular State https://singular-state.com Advanced technical expertise for feasibility, prototyping and modernization. We build the working pilot and ramp up your team to take it forward. en-US Four reconstructions, one result: the defects land where no check reaches https://singular-state.com/experiments/four-experiments-in-ai-assisted-reconstruction/ https://singular-state.com/experiments/four-experiments-in-ai-assisted-reconstruction/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A scanned NASA specification, a novel, the memory of a product, and a sealed algorithm. What four controlled rebuilds establish about where AI-assisted reconstruction of legacy systems actually fails. Turning a novel into a specification: the Nautilus under real physics https://singular-state.com/experiments/verne-nautilus-simulator-narrative-as-specification/ https://singular-state.com/experiments/verne-nautilus-simulator-narrative-as-specification/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Verne's submarine crushes at 340 metres against a narrated 16,000. Extracting a falsifiable spec from fiction, and what it takes to trust numbers an AI produced when no external oracle exists. A knowledge graph that can explain a proposed migration path https://singular-state.com/articles/a-knowledge-graph-that-can-explain-a-proposed-migration-path/ https://singular-state.com/articles/a-knowledge-graph-that-can-explain-a-proposed-migration-path/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Representing migration candidates, prerequisites, evidence, and unknowns without turning graph paths into guarantees. Claim-level evidence for modernization decisions https://singular-state.com/articles/claim-level-evidence-for-modernization-decisions/ https://singular-state.com/articles/claim-level-evidence-for-modernization-decisions/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Making consequential assertions traceable, scoped, dated, and open to correction. Fixed-price modernization when discovery is incomplete https://singular-state.com/articles/fixed-price-modernization-when-discovery-is-incomplete/ https://singular-state.com/articles/fixed-price-modernization-when-discovery-is-incomplete/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Defining priced obligations and acceptance evidence when legacy behavior and dependencies are still being discovered. Portfolio prioritization: risk, value, and treatment choice https://singular-state.com/articles/portfolio-prioritization-risk-value-and-treatment-choice/ https://singular-state.com/articles/portfolio-prioritization-risk-value-and-treatment-choice/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Using portfolio evidence to choose investigation and treatment priorities without letting a score choose the architecture. The full cost of retaining or replacing an application https://singular-state.com/articles/the-full-cost-of-retaining-or-replacing-an-application/ https://singular-state.com/articles/the-full-cost-of-retaining-or-replacing-an-application/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Comparing whole-life costs against a consistent baseline, including coexistence and the conditions for realizing savings. Which assumption would reverse the modernization decision? https://singular-state.com/articles/which-assumption-would-reverse-the-modernization-decision/ https://singular-state.com/articles/which-assumption-would-reverse-the-modernization-decision/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Using sensitivity analysis to expose fragile assumptions and choose the next useful investigation.