The idea came from my own struggles with AI tools like Cursor: while they provide amazing initial velocity, I noticed projects often slowed down as context got lost between team members and across sprints.
This is very much a work in progress - some sections of the website are incomplete and the documentation structure is still evolving. The core concept is applying MECE principles (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) to structure documentation in a way that works better with AI tools.
My early experiments suggest this approach can reduce context loss and improve collaboration, but I'm still refining the methodology.
I'm sharing now to get feedback on the concept and direction. Is this a problem others are experiencing? Does the approach make sense? What would you need to see to make this useful for your team?
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The idea came from my own struggles with AI tools like Cursor: while they provide amazing initial velocity, I noticed projects often slowed down as context got lost between team members and across sprints.
This is very much a work in progress - some sections of the website are incomplete and the documentation structure is still evolving. The core concept is applying MECE principles (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) to structure documentation in a way that works better with AI tools.
My early experiments suggest this approach can reduce context loss and improve collaboration, but I'm still refining the methodology.
I'm sharing now to get feedback on the concept and direction. Is this a problem others are experiencing? Does the approach make sense? What would you need to see to make this useful for your team?
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The results align with your experience - structured conceptual foundations make development more intuitive and documentation more valuable for both humans and AI tools."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Systems Correctness Practices at AWS: Leveraging Formal and Semi-Formal Methods"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3712057"}},"_tags":["comment","author_jlcases","story_43547593"],"author":"jlcases","comment_text":"Fascinating approach with ologs and FSMs I've been working on PAELLADOC (https://github.com/jlcases/paelladoc) which applies MECE principles to documentation structure. Similar philosophy but focused on knowledge representation correctness rather than software behavior.
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