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Field notes from Shriram IT Ventures delivery work on SaaS: AI Evaluation Harness Guide: the constraints that matter, the shortcuts that haunt you, and a checklist we still use.
Who this is for
Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.
Decisions that still look smart in 18 months
Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.
Build checklist we actually use
Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.
Failure modes we keep seeing
Teams that write trade-offs down before coding burn fewer sprints when a stakeholder changes their mind mid-build. We keep ADRs short on purpose.
How we measure rollout
Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.
We update this when delivery patterns change on live client work.