ive been taking the approach outlined above with a modest 2x speedup in feature delivery

… be more careful with major/minor bumps, skim patch bumps. while many of my peers are taking the giant-ass sdd approach, shipping fast, and losing touch with the actual system behavior, ive been taking the approach outlined above with a modest 2x speedup in feature delivery (their speedup appears much larger), without losing touch with the underlying system. i am working on large, complex, overgrown, legacy code, so i dont have the luxury of floating in a vibe coding cloud, miles above the scary jungle and tigers and lava and spike traps that i call home. …