I think paper citations are an archaic method of tracking contributions to research. We have all this technology, and Git is a great example, that allows us to

I think paper citations are an archaic method of tracking contributions to research. We have all this technology, and Git is a great example, that allows us to more granularly give credit to contributors. In fact, even the very idea of a published paper feels out of date. Why have one model that is set in stone that is published as one snapshot in time? In the DevOps and Cybersecurity world our alerting mechanisms are essentially simple data models (sometimes not so simple) that are tapped into the raw data feeds, and can be updated and refined on an ongoing basis. While instrumenting the physical world can have more challenges, I still feel that the sciences have a lot to be gained from some of the more "pedestrian" operational processes that we use in the technology industry.