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The study examines how the depth of software stacks influences their defensibility against AI-driven reimplementation efforts.

April 5, 20260 citationsOpen Access

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Stack Depth as Code Defense: Behavioral Reconstruction in Layered Software Stacks

AIAkira Ito

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The study examines how the depth of software stacks influences their defensibility against AI-driven reimplementation efforts.
Conceptual analysis of software stack architecture
Comparison of shallow and deep layers in terms of substitutability
Evaluation of cost implications for reconstructing layers
Shallow orchestration layers can be easily replaced
Deep runtime-coupled stacks present significant reconstruction challenges
Implications for software security vary by stack depth

Abstract

A conceptual study of software defensibility under AI-assisted reimplementation pressure, arguing that reconstruction risk is distributed unevenly across stack depth: shallow orchestration layers are easily substituted, whereas deep runtime-coupled stacks remain costly to reproduce and optimize.

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Akira Ito (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d1fdb0a79560c99a0a3eab https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19394537

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