The graveyard
Ideas we killed, and what would bring them back
6 ideas killed. 0 carry a stated condition under which the kill would be reversed, and 0 have been reopened. A kill with no reopen condition is an opinion that stopped being examined; a kill with one is a position that can be proven wrong.
| Idea | Killed | Why | Market | Reopen if | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognito Mandatory-MFA First-Login TOTP Setup Referen | 31 Jul 2026 | market collapsed, not portable | COLLAPSED | none stated | — |
| OpenLDAP memberOf Staleness Fixer | 31 Jul 2026 | market collapsed, not portable | COLLAPSED | none stated | — |
| First-Login TOTP Setup Guide for Cognito MFA | 31 Jul 2026 | market collapsed, not portable | COLLAPSED | none stated | — |
| fail2ban Journald Filter Configurator | 31 Jul 2026 | market collapsed, not portable | COLLAPSED | none stated | — |
| Recall & Mandatory-Standard Lookup for Marketplace S | 31 Jul 2026 | market collapsed, not portable | COLLAPSED | none stated | — |
| NIH Grant Mechanism Eligibility Checker for Research | 31 Jul 2026 | market collapsed, not portable | COLLAPSED | none stated | — |
These stay up. An idea killed for a reason that later stops being true is a signal, not an embarrassment — which is why the reopen condition is published beside the kill rather than kept private.