🧱 Every extra review layer makes a process slower

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This Apenwarr piece is a very direct critique of workflows with too many approvals: each extra layer of review can multiply delay dramatically.

What stands out

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• ⏳ Waiting time dominates work time
• 🧑‍⚖️ More review does not always mean better results
• 🤖 AI speeds up writing, but it does not remove review
• 🧭 The real bottleneck is often the process itself

The main idea: if you want to move faster, it’s not enough to produce more code; you need fewer points of friction.

🪄 Quick explanation

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Think of a line with too many filters.

Even if the work itself is fast, every extra approval makes everything take much longer.

👉 The problem is often not building; it’s waiting.

More information at the link 👇

Every layer of review makes you 10x slower

We’ve all heard of those network effect laws: the value of a network goes up with the square of the number of members. Or the cost of …

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