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Questions that surface early warning signs in engineering teams.

Diagnostic Question

If your product disappeared for two weeks, would anything break?

Most teams measure activity. Few measure dependency.

Diagnostic Question

When was the last thing shipped without asking for permission?

Not what slowed down. Not what became annoying. What truly broke.

Diagnostic Question

What would break if your best engineer left tomorrow?

Ownership is easy when everything works. It disappears when trade-offs get hard.

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