Farcaster

Just came out of a 2.5 hour engineering meeting
and it hit me:
- The hardest part wasn’t debating edge cases or picking the right architecture
- It was making sure we were even talking about the same thing

The most time-consuming part of engineering work 
- isn’t solving technical problems
- It’s clearing up misunderstandings: 
----> interpretation of feature scope
----> unspoken assumptions about timeline
----> vague terminology
----> unclear handoff expectations

Even top-tier teammates get stuck when the feature goal isn’t crystal clear
- Ambiguity kills momentum

So how do we reduce this invisible cost?
- It’s not in better code
- It’s in clearer communication, tighter docs
- and shared language around the product

Co founder @Intract - private data stack for AI & crypto use cases. Documenting my journey to become 100x AI first founder. Growth nerd, part time guitar player

yeah - I experienced the full cycle: 

rolled my eyes at rigid taxonomy (when I was working at a tech startup) -> did not understand the importance of it -> now working on my own startup and team not strict with defining terms -> feeling the pain and enforcing it like it’s law

my co founder obsesses over taxonomy & defining terms clearly - i get it now

Community Builder. I'm wandering and wondering. Interested in decentralized, cool & creative stuff. Worked on a DAO for 5 years and looking for something new.

tbh, it’s so hard to hire that one person who truly gets both business/marketing and engineering. 

then defining terms isn’t a handoff - it becomes a team effort

There's probably a hidden value in having a single person to be the "author" and one to write most things or at least take ownership of that.