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AI Agents Are Repeating the Microservices Trap
Splitting work into smaller pieces makes the system look cleaner, but the real complexity needs to be in the handoffs
 • Ari Franklin
Conviction versus Confidence
AI Can Create Confidence Easily. But It sahouldn't build Conviction.
 • Ari Franklin
The Invisible Work Under Every Cascade
AI can help teams trace the hidden assumptions beneath their goal cascades.
 • Ari Franklin
AI Will Not Save You From Your Operating Model
AI adoption will fail when organizations try to scale it as a fixed methodology. It will work better when they spread disciplined adaptation
 • Ari Franklin
Build what you’d use, then doubt what it proves: when every itch can become software
AI makes it easier to turn every idea into software. That makes personal use a better starting point, but a weaker reason to commit.
 • Ari Franklin
The Wrong ROI Question for AI
Evaluating AI with throughput accounting vs cost accounting principles
 • Ari Franklin
Against Being "Data-Driven"
Data is a compass, not GPS
 • Ari Franklin
The Power of Real Options as a Mental Model
This is not a story about AI
 • Ari Franklin
Product Intangibles: Minimum Viable Process (A love letter to Pivotal)
hint: it's feedback
 • Ari Franklin
Product intangibles: embracing uncertainty
What does it mean to work in an outcome-driven way?
 • Ari Franklin
MVP is not a Thing
Breaking up learning opportunities into smaller experiments can help gain deep understanding of the fundamental elements of a product and what will make…
 • Ari Franklin
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