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What a Bad Project Taught Me (That No Great Project Ever Could)
Community description: Nobody writes a retrospective about the sprint that went smoothly. We move on, ship the next feature,...
Dev.to | Sep 15, 2026 | Valipireddy Kowshik
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On this project, feature decisions increasingly traced back to "the research says users want X," where "the research" meant a chat transcript, not a single user conversation. Design principles get written down, even informally. Have you worked on a project where AI-generated research quietly replaced real user research?
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