Story · Matt Dailey (Ref.)
Velocity Sickness: What Happens When Your Whole Team Gets 10x Faster (Matt Dailey (Ref.))
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Dailey names the gap between agent-amplified output and actual impact "velocity sickness": unread content, unmergeable pull requests, mornings spent declaring agent bankruptcy. His fix is keeping critical decisions with humans in a durable document layer, separate from the ephemeral chats where implementation happens.
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Aug 10, 2026 · in the sections
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