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Case
001
Nov 15, 2024

Shipping got heavier without obvious failure

A team with strong velocity suddenly felt slower. No outage. No complaints. Just friction.

Case
002
Oct 28, 2024

Busy teams, nothing finished

Everyone was busy. PRs were open. But nothing was actually shipping to production.

Case
003
Oct 10, 2024

Platform friction masked as DevOps issues

Engineers blamed infrastructure. Infrastructure blamed unclear requirements. Both were right.

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