Homeostasis is a good metaphor, but it implies a living, dynamic system. Something that resists entropy by itself being in a state of flow -- the matter constan

Homeostasis is a good metaphor, but it implies a living, dynamic system. Something that resists entropy by itself being in a state of flow -- the matter constantly changing, while maintaining the form. In modern software environments, the entropy is almost violent -- the changes in all the constituent dependencies are constant and relentless. Something frozen in time does not stand a chance, unless it's entirely stand-alone and dependency-free -- an unlikely scenario with a service of Twitter's size.