Architecting for Vulnerability: Introducing Protective Computing Core v1.0

Most software is built on a dangerous premise: the Stability Assumption. We assume the user has a stable network, stable cognitive capacity, a secure physical environment, and institutional trust. When those conditions hold, modern cloud native architecture works beautifully. But when people enter a vulnerability state, the Stability Assumption collapses. Cloud dependent apps lock people out of their own data. Helpful auto sync features broadcast metadata from compromised networks. Irreversible actions happen when someone does not have the attention or time to read a modal carefully. Here is the part we do not say out loud enough. In a crisis, software does not just fail. It can become coercive. You get logged out, you cannot recover the account, your data is suddenly somewhere else, and the only path forward is to comply with whatever the system demands. We need a systems engineering discipline for designing software under conditions of human vulnerability. Today, I am open sourcing P