I Analyzed 512,000 Lines of Leaked Code. It Shows What's Coming for Your AI Tools.

Podcast · ~25 min · Podcast

• Anthropic’s Conway agent system (leaked via code) reveals a five-layer platform strategy: domain encoding, workflow calibration, behavioural relationship, artifact history, and a proprietary extension format creating ecosystem lock-in.
• The proprietary extension system makes tools built for Conway incompatible with competing agent platforms — a deliberate “Active Directory” move creating foundational enterprise dependency.
• Behavioural lock-in operates through accumulated context: four compounding layers make switching friction exceed data portability laws’ ability to address.
• Practical takeaway: platform selection for agentic systems carries lock-in gravity exceeding previous software migrations; evaluate platforms on their lock-in architecture, not their current capability benchmarks.