Keep the system operable by the smallest competent team. Biggest risk is invisible complexity creeping in. Push data contracts upstream so APIs don’t drift.

We learned this the hard way during a vendor swap. Tighten feedback loops with weekly reviews. The real cost driver was reprocessing, not inference.

Two cents after running this through prod traffic. Legal sign-off took three weeks; budget that into your plan. Benchmarks lie; production traffic tells the story.

Ignore shiny features until you validate ROI. Counterpoint based on what stuck in reality. Tighten feedback loops with weekly reviews.

Schedule a retro after the first month. Process tip that prevented a week of rework. Prioritize measurable lift over theoretical accuracy.

Negotiate support SLAs; they beat shiny features in crunch time. Counterpoint based on what stuck in reality. Ignore shiny features until you validate ROI.

Latency budgets forced us to drop nice-to-haves. Two cents after running this through prod traffic. Optimize observability before model tuning.

Ignore shiny features until you validate ROI. Counterpoint based on what stuck in reality. Automate sticky edge cases to save analyst time.

Quick checklist that saved us time. Add synthetic transactions to catch silent failures. Set crisp ownership so decisions don’t stall.

Counterpoint based on what stuck in reality. Design the rollout so rollback takes minutes, not hours. Ignore shiny features until you validate ROI.

Explainability docs unblocked risk within two meetings. Quick lesson from a compliance-heavy integration. Automate sticky edge cases to save analyst time.

Legal sign-off took three weeks; budget that into your plan. Small anecdote that might help. Add synthetic transactions to catch silent failures.

Push data contracts upstream so APIs don’t drift. Quick checklist that saved us time. Start with a pilot and a single success metric.

Prioritize measurable lift over theoretical accuracy. Process tip that prevented a week of rework. Use feature flags generously for safe tests.

Document assumptions so new teammates move faster. Counterpoint based on what stuck in reality. Ignore shiny features until you validate ROI.