MIDS---Merge / Integrate / Dogfood / Ship---forms a lightweight philosophy for decentralized development: a way for many autonomous contributors to create coherent products without heavy process or centralized gatekeeping. Each step defines a distinct layer of responsibility, with pronouns that map the flow of agency from individual to collective.
AI can generate code faster than any human I've met. But it often lacks what we might call EQ for engineering: it doesn't know when to stop, it forgets promises, it drifts from context. That's not malice--it's the nature of the tool. The burden falls back on us to create a structure where AI's speed doesn't outrun our ability to review.
The process he describes is sufficiently profound, important, and under-explored that I've started calling it "Designing your own Schgaguler": 1. Identify an experience that creates a compelling sublime feeling 2. Collect items that remind you of that feeling 3. Work with the universe to own a context for creating that feeling 4. Patiently build it 5. Tell others about the journey, using the result as an example
Brahman: "You have seen how the loops of causation evolve, each encompassing new dimensions of reality. Now, I challenge you to identify what lies beyond Status—what is the Sixth Loop? Is it grounded in mind, consciousness, technology, or something even more profound?"
"So, we have Jung with his archetypes, Campbell with his myths, and Dicks with his moments. But you all agree: stories shape causation. They influence action, define identity, and rewrite reality. So, is this the fourth loop?"
As societal challenges grow in complexity, our existing institutions—rigid, hierarchical, and often outdated—struggle to keep pace. To address these shortcomings, IAL can spearhead the creation of new "disruptive" institutions through a meticulously crafted design process that emphasizes innovation, adaptability, and inclusivity.
Agile is a meaningless buzzword for many because it is perceived as an answer in search of a question. Too often, Agile is "cargo-culted" into an organization as an imposed process without first developing a deep understanding of what problems need to be solved. True progress only happens when the solution is aligned with the problems people actually... Continue Reading →
A Bibliography, mostly discussing UX Design but a little on the related issue of Architectural Design. A List Apart: Getting Real about Agile Design The uneasy relationships between design and agile SPARC: What an Agile Design Process looks like Thought Works: Just Enough Design Martin Fowler: Is Design Dead? Design Spikes Enough Design Up Front Overcoming Why Designers Resist Agile Agile... Continue Reading →
Feel Concern Frame Question Find Authority Interpret Answer Implement Solution Back up as needed and repeat until concern is fully addressing.
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