May 30, 2026
The scarce skill now is the discipline not to build the wrong thing.
When building was expensive, shipping was the proof you were serious. Now anyone can ship. The teams that lose mistake motion for progress: they hire an engineer when the bottleneck is partner trust, ship the third feature while the relationship goes cold, polish the product while the customer they should have called this week churns. Knowing what not to build is no longer a luxury. It’s the job.