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The article is about a technique called recompiling, developed by software company Microsoft Corp. Recompiling is a technique that turns nondistributed executables into distributed applications that are asynchronous and logically identical. This is done by rewriting programs at the byte-code level of the .NET Common Intermediate Language (CIL). This is a relatively unexplored use of programming languages. The tools using recompiling have been released by Microsoft in a package called Volta. One use of the application is called Word Worm, which can fill in words being typed by a user based on the first few characters entered.

The article focuses on the growing division among patterns experts which is critical to achieve full benefits in software development. A survey conducted in December 2006 showed a huge gap between many typical pattern consumers and the pattern experts community. The survey indicates several respondents have written their own patterns and only few of them availed the body of work. The authors have figured out the complexities between aspiring pattern authors compared to a more collaborative platform that provide better authoring, pattern selection and evolution with usability that are available in popular community sites.