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Stability Over Speed
Shipping faster is not always progress — fragile wins disappear if you cannot reproduce them.
How it works
- 1Log every AI experiment with controlled variables and traceability.
- 2Before celebrating a win, verify it is reproducible — not just luck.
- 3Build systems where knowledge is recorded, not just held by specific people.
- 4Compounding correctly beats compounding fast.
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