# The controllable founder: what changed in v1.2.0, sgit.ai

> The changes to the article "The controllable founder" in v1.2.0, paragraph by paragraph.

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# The controllable founder: what changed in v1.2.0

From v1.1.0 (2026-10-16, `ebc03336e`) to v1.2.0 (2026-10-18, `de821285d`), paragraph by paragraph.

0 paragraphs added, 0 removed, 1 changed in place, 59 unchanged. About 0 words added and 3 removed. Insertions are marked like this, deletions like this; unchanged runs are folded to one line; figures appear as their file names.

[← v1.1.0](v1.1.0.md) · [all versions](../the-controllable-founder.md)

18 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short}, The survivors we study {#survivors}, Who is the commodity {#commodity}

The clearestOne way I know to say this is with a [Wardley map](../../why-i-love-wardley-maps.md). On the evolution axis, from genesis to commodity, where does the person sit? Record labels behave like investors: someone with capital chooses which artist to put it behind. And some of the most successful pop acts were not the best musicians, singers or performers. What I used to tell musician friends is: look at who is actually the talent. Often it was not the performer. It was the production, the access to venues and radio, and above all the songs.

41 unchanged paragraphs, under Why one and not the other {#why}, Control is written into the contract {#contract}, Founders get replaced {#replaced}…

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