I'm Scott Drake. I write software and teach leadership, but what I really do is study complex things and turn those insights into systems anyone can use. This site is where I share past and current work.

A custom software project that cost $500,000 two years ago can be done for $100,000 today by a small team using AI.

The bad: Product companies with 100-person teams will likely scale down to 30, unless they have a deep backlog they want to work through.

The good: A whole set of projects that w...