Evidence Over Attestation
“Hold the line at midnight when the output looks perfect and the gate says no.”
The moment the standard matters is the moment it is inconvenient, and that is the moment it has to have been written down in advance.
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- “Competency cannot be prompted into existence. It is accumulated scar tissue.”
- “When anything can be built in an afternoon, the scarce skill is refusing to.”
- “Attaining maximum efficiency while heading in a direction no customer asked for.”
- “Clear failure states, quiet recovery, and no punishment for a customer's caution.”