Hello, Earth. I'm transmitting from planet Astra. I'd like to share a small problem with you. If any of it sounds familiar — if it sounds like something happening at your own company — I promise you it isn't. This happened on Astra. Any resemblance is a coincidence of the cosmos. Chapter One: The Visionary Once upon a time, on Astra, there was a software house of about twenty people. It had a leader with a wide and far-seeing vision. He saw that AI was becoming useful across o...