Series: The First Light of Reality Pt 3 There is a moment in a successful field trial where the tension finally breaks. It doesn't happen with a loud bang, but with a quiet, steady rhythm. You look at the monitor, and the data is flowing. The hardware is stable. The users are interacting with the system exactly as you intended, or perhaps even better. This is the "First Light" of a product. In that moment, the software stops being a "project" and starts being a "reality." The