The Ford Model T in 1920 had 15,000 nodes in its supplier dependency graph before you hit dirt. A modern BMW X5 has an order of magnitude more, with chains 6, 7, 8, 10 layers deep. Automation expanded the supply chain. As building got easier, the bar for excellence went up, and you used suppliers to simplify the domain you had to master. Software is going to do the same thing. Many more smaller companies will deliver excellence in niches. Maybe fewer enormous VC-sized opportunities,…