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Human Judgment Doesn't Leave the Software Factory. It Relocates. (Addy Osmani, starred)

Addy Osmani Elevate·August 21, 2026
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Addy Osmani's field guide to software factories argues that as the share of human-typed code falls, human ownership must not fall with it — someone still chooses the problem, architecture, quality bar, and decides when evidence is sufficient to ship. Includes concrete guidance on verification budgets, when a run should not ship, and why 'green' checks can be misleading.

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The clearest single articulation this cycle of Neo's #5 focus area thesis — where human judgment must concentrate as agents do more — directly usable for a team conversation on review culture and ownership. Neo starred this.

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Addy Osmani Elevate · 8/21/2026

Human judgment doesn't leave the software factory. It relocates.

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