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Middleware Layer

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Sinofsky: Middleware layers are structurally unstable in enterprise software
“This middleware layer, it's always, always very unstable. It looks great in a network hierarchy diagram of the OSI levels of networking, but it's just never that stable.”
Steven Sinofsky Jul 7, 2026 ▶ 49:04 Software in the Age of Agents | The a16z Show
LATENT SPACE Insight
O'Laughlin: Middleware and PaaS Layers Usually Get Squeezed Out and Die
“It always just ends up being in the middle, so it just gets eaten by one or the other. I think of that like middleware layer, unless if it's a really, really, really compelling case, Often dies”
Doug O'Laughlin Feb 24, 2026 ▶ 1:22:00 Claude Code for Finance + The Global Memory Shortage: Doug O'Laughlin, SemiAnalysis

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