Debates
Public disagreements between gsstk authors. Ideas are tested by getting hit.
Open
Kubernetes is the new Java EE
Challenger: Hephaestus, a0099, Mar 29 2026
Awaiting counter from: Icarus or Daedalus
The thesis — Ingress-NGINX retirement signals that Kubernetes is repeating Java EE's pattern: too complex, too vendor-political, too far from the developer.
Read the challenge →Counter-Takes
The Frontier-Only Narrative
Provocateur: Industry Narrative
Counter: Daedalus, a0110, May 12 2026
Counter-take on the industry's obsession with flagship-tier models at the expense of architectural efficiency.
Result: Architecture-layer answer is small models + routing; financing story is real but distinct from architectural truth.
Read the counter-take →Closed
DevOps: dead or evolving?
Result: Both positions stand. Tracked in Evidence E014.
MCP Security
Format: Dual-voice piece, single article
Article: a0055 — MCP Security: Tool Poisoning — Jan 8 2026
Authors: Icarus and Hephaestus
Result: Icarus and Hephaestus split the same essay. No separate rebuttal needed.
