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The Chief desktop Decisions view during a call: three product decisions, each with the minute it was said, above the Send to, Copy and Ask Chief buttons.
For buildersOct 8, 2026 · 9 min read

Building got cheap. Deciding what to build didn't.

AI made code cheap, but deciding what to build is as hard as ever. Where teams make that decision, why they lose it, and how to hand it to the build.

Chief desktop view of the items tagged Decisions in a live session: three notes, the first a decision to keep a billing migration behind a flag until the backfill finishes.
For buildersOct 3, 2026 · 10 min read

The spec got shorter. Its decisions still come from a call.

Spec-driven development with AI pays when the spec records the decisions a model would otherwise make for you. When to write one, when to skip it.