[blog] Miell's Law and Token Budgets
The AI token free ride is over, and what comes next will impact the financial structures and incentives of organisations building software. The changes threaten to disrupt productivity, create inequalities, and complicate financial planning.
TL;DR Conway's Law tells us that organisations create systems that mirror their communication systems. Jamie Dobson coin's 'Miell's Law' in a post about the work of our mutual friend (and his colleague) Ian Miell in his forthcoming book 'Follow the Money': Organisations that design systems are constrained to produce systems that reflect the financial structures and incentives of those organisations.
