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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
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
The Small Pieces That Make Big Things Work
Most success principles are true. They become useful only when you understand how they compete, combine, and correct each other.
 • Ari Franklin
Outcomes and operative phrases
Why vague language wrecks outcomes, and how to transform fuzzy objectives into an actionable strategy
 • Ari Franklin
Your Productivity system is your Map
Post 3 of 3 in the Lens → Mirror → Map series
 • Ari Franklin
Productivity Is a Mirror: Fear, Power, and Identity in Disguise
Post 2 of 3 in the Lens → Mirror → Map series
 • Ari Franklin
Productivity Is a Lens: What Your System Reveals About How You Decide
Post 1 of 3 in the series: Lens → Mirror → Map
 • Ari Franklin
Capital-E vs lowercase-e Experiments
Learning is the goal. Rigor is optional.
 • Ari Franklin
Lean + XP isn't for acceleration
Fast is fragile. Flow Is sustainable
 • Ari Franklin
Don't be bitter and largely forgotten
Avoid Valueless Work
 • Ari Franklin
Using Principles and Constraints to Build More Valuable Products
Principles and constraints over processes and templates
 • Ari Franklin
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