Gergely Orosz: With AI making implementation 100x faster, does Big Upfront Planning make sense again?
GergelyOrosz · x · 2026-11-10
Gergely Orosz poses a contrarian take: we hated waterfall because after Big Upfront Planning, implementation took forever and the plan went stale. But AI now makes implementation 100x+ faster — so Big Upfront Planning may make sense again.
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