For more than 25 years I've been learning how systems behave, from machines to teams to teams working with AI.

I'm Ahmed Avais, an engineering leader who spent a decade coaching engineering and product leaders, sometimes across more than 200 teams at once. Through Agile-7 I help engineering leaders build healthy teams, make change stick and lead well in complex systems, including the shift to AI happening now. More about me.

  1. machinesnetworks, infrastructure
  2. teamsXP, coaching, HSD
  3. teams + AIspecs, harness, safety net

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The bottleneck moved

When AI made writing code cheap, reviewing it became the constraint, so my team stopped asking people to read faster and built a safety net instead.

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