Everything Collapses to Intent

There's an interesting tension between SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and Bitter Lesson Engineering.

SOPs were designed for humans, so they give step-by-step do this then this.

AI is/will-be smarter than us, so a lot of those steps are/will-be stupid.

So as time progresses our processes should be more like PRDs for our desired outcomes, rather than prescriptive steps for getting there.

In fact, almost everything collapses to intent captured as an ideal state document.

• Goals
• Metrics
• Work Tasks
• Products
• Code

1. We articulate as clearly as possible what we actually want.
2. AI turns those into verifiable steps that can be executed, and most importantly, tested.