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SUMMARY:Don’t Bolt AI Onto the Old SDLC
DESCRIPTION:Building software got cheap. So teams are strapping AI onto the same old product-to-design-to-engineering relay and calling it a transformation. \nThat is the trap. Bolt AI onto the old SDLC and all you have done is speed up a broken handoff. The relay was built to protect engineering time\, back when writing code was the expensive part. It isn’t anymore. So why are we still running the race the same way? \nThis week\, Flint Barrow makes the case that to really transform your process with AI\, you don’t optimize it. You rebuild it from the ground up.  \nFlint is VP of Engineering at Frequency\, where he rebuilt the platform AI-first\, and he wrote Switchback SDLC\, his published take on how engineering teams should actually work with AI. Switchback is the proof\, not the lecture. His team changed how they climb. AI goes only where it earns its keep. Humans keep the vision\, own the merge\, and make the keep-or-rebuild call. Cheap building doesn’t mean no discipline. It means the rails move to where the real risk lives now. \nRSVP now to join us for this week’s virtual meetup! \n\n\nThis event is included for free with a Product Coffee Premium membership. If you aren’t already a member\, join today! \n  \nRegister
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