Some AI SDLC visualisations

The optimistic production frontiers

Every optimistic advocate of AI adoption tends to work off of a model that can only see a positive relationship between token spend and productivity.

AI adoption PPC

Teams drift from applications to in-house frameworks

My anecdotal observation is that for line-of-business applications you really want to stick to established patterns and frameworks. GenAI is an enabling tool for architecture astronauts

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The full production frontier space

Using AI also enables you to drive off the metaphorical cliff quickly. From what I’ve seen, teams without engineering maturity and discipline rapidly end up in the red zones.

AI adoption PPC with negative quality change