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An addendum to the Agile Manifesto for the age of AI

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An addendum to the Agile Manifesto for the AI era

by brackishman·Mar 13, 2026·7 points·18 comments
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○Pass

Thoughtful manifesto, but it's a README with opinions—not a tool or product.

Strengths
  • •Twenty years of engineering leadership informs the AI-era Agile critique
  • •Four values and three principles address real AI workflow tensions
Weaknesses
  • •No code, demo, or tool—just a document with opinions
  • •Competes with thousands of existing Agile framework variations and blog posts
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Target Audience

Engineering managers and VPs thinking about AI's impact on teams

Post Description

I'm a VP of Engineering with 20 years in the field. I've been thinking deeply on why AI is breaking every engineering practice, and it led me to the conclusion that the Agile Manifesto's values need updating.

The core argument: AI made producing software cheap, but understanding it is still expensive. The Manifesto optimizes for the former. This addendum shifts the emphasis toward the latter.

Four updated values, three refined principles, with reasoning for each. Happy to discuss and defend any of it.

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