# decision-making

AI is an amplifier

Good practices get reinforced. Bad practices get multiplied.

How (not) to do software estimation

Use orders of magnitude, not story points.

Optimize for learning, not shipping

Shipping feels productive, but learning is what validates the business. Ask what you’re still unsure about, not what to build next.

The highest leverage work happens early

Most people spend too much time implementing solutions and not enough time defining problems and designing solutions.

How to make decisions that don’t suck

Despite its ubiquity, decision-making is a skill. Like many skills, it can benefit from the same principles behind deliberate practice.

The 2 questions that lead to better decisions, every time

1. What problem are you trying to solve? 2. How do you know that?