I've elsewhere put the view that configuration management tools more or less fill this role, as they build on the existing nature of filesystems: spread your st

I've elsewhere put the view that configuration management tools more or less fill this role, as they build on the existing nature of filesystems: spread your stuff horizontally into tree structures, so it doesn't collide. Most of the ordering dependencies don't show up until runtime. The bits at rest can generally be played in any order.