{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-blog-js","path":"/blog/futility/","webpackCompilationHash":"600867cb0bbd0ea71e76","result":{"pageContext":{"isCreatedByStatefulCreatePages":false,"posts":[{"node":{"fields":{"slug":"/blog/an-exercise-in-futility/"},"html":"<p><img src=\"/images/bad-work.png\" alt=\"Alexander Vityaz, Founder &#x26; CEO of Corezoid Inc.: &#x22;Work without a control loop and a state structure isn&#x27;t worth doing.&#x22;\"></p>\n<p><em>When the control loop keeps running but the work goes nowhere</em></p>\n<p>Futile work has a way of looking heroic.</p>\n<p>Everyone turns to one person: What happened? Who's waiting on what? What do we do next? The company's memory lives in his head. The disaster recovery plan: \"Call him. He knows.\"</p>\n<p>The hero gets a bonus, but the work still goes nowhere.</p>\n<p>In \"An Exercise in Futility\" I argue for one uncomfortable principle:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\"Work without a control loop and a state structure isn't worth doing.\"</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Hand unfinished work off to another executor. How many verbal recollections will have to be dug up?</p>\n<p>That employee's vacation is an architectural event.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/414886226_An_Exercise_in_Futility_Work_without_a_control_loop_and_a_state_structure_isn%27t_worth_doing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Read the full essay</a></p>","frontmatter":{"date":"2026-09-28","title":"An Exercise in Futility","url":"an-exercise-in-futility","description":"Alexander Vityaz on why hero-driven work goes nowhere, and why every process needs a control loop and a state structure. Read the full essay.","metaTitle":"An Exercise in Futility by Alexander Vityaz | Corezoid","metaDescription":"Alexander Vityaz on why hero-driven work goes nowhere, and why every process needs a control loop and a state structure. Read the full essay.","author":"Alexander Vityaz","citation":"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/414886226_An_Exercise_in_Futility_Work_without_a_control_loop_and_a_state_structure_isn%27t_worth_doing","image":"/images/bad-work.png","lang":"en","category":["News"],"subcategory":[""],"next":"youre-paying-for-noise","tags":["corezoid","futility","control_loop","state_structure","alexander_vityaz"]}}}],"length":1,"page":1,"postsOnPage":10,"locale":"","tag":"futility"}}}