Figure 14.1: The ladder of Chapter 1, redrawn as a staircase and priced
Figure 14.1 The ladder of Chapter 1, redrawn as a staircase and
priced. Every step up—plain code, a single call, a workflow, an agent—buys
more adaptability and pays for it in cost and unpredictability, the coin, the clock,
and the die climbing alongside. The discipline is the flag on the lowest rung: stay
on the simplest step that solves the problem, and move up only on evidence.
