" then tell that programmer, and only them" Talk is talk - and can be easily dismissed and rationalized away. It mightn't have been a novel idea at all to do

" then tell that programmer, and only them" Talk is talk - and can be easily dismissed and rationalized away. It mightn't have been a novel idea at all to do the 'single process' but in order for it to work, someone 'had to do it'. It might have been more prudent to 'get it going' - and then somehow socialize it very differently, maybe by inviting the other team in and 'giving them the credit'. Sadly - sometimes orgs have to be wiped out.