# ai-era

The tweet says a 10-person team becomes 3 — and those 3 outperform the old 10. You pick which side you're on. This post uses that framework as a mirror to audit ShroomDog honestly — what's working, what's quietly falling apart, and the uncomfortable contradiction in the middle.

The philosophy behind 1,086 tests. Why tests matter more than code review in the AI era. How to use tests as specs. The changing role of a Tech Lead.

Bloomberg Beta investor Amy Tam dissects career tradeoffs in the AI era from a VC perch. Her core thesis: the shift from execution to judgment is already happening, and the K-curve is widening — early movers are compounding, while fence-sitters are compounding in the opposite direction. She maps the tradeoffs across FAANG, Quant, Academia, AI Startups, Research Startups, and Big Model Labs.