"Flag risky transactions and route them to the compliance queue." That spec read as clear to everyone in the room. It still shipped the wrong thing.
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- Most teams are using AI to do the same work faster. That's the smallest version of what it's for. The bigger shift is treating it as an enabler. An accelerant gets the same work done faster. An enabler changes what's worth working on.
- Past a certain size, adding engineers slows delivery. The math is unforgiving: a 5-person team has 10 communication channels, a 9-person team has 36, a 15-person team has 100+. Each new channel is another place for delay and misalignment to pile up.
- Software outsourcing is growing straight through the tech hiring slowdown. Worldwide IT spending is set to rise 10.8% in 2026, while CFOs' headcount growth expectations have fallen from 6% to 2% (Gartner).

