Changelog
A record of significant updates to the framework.
v1.5 — April 4, 2026
Content
- Role Evolution: New page — five patterns of role transformation (convergence, specialization, elevation, absorption, emergence), a Role Decision Matrix, and mapping to organizational maturity levels. Based on Patel (IJSR 2026) research, adapted to the framework's vocabulary (read it)
Blog
- Your Role Is Not Your Tasks: New blog post — the biggest barrier to AI transformation isn't technology, it's that people confuse what they do with who they are (read it)
Cross-references
- Added role evolution links to: framework, vision, employee guide, manager guide, legacy work patterns
- Added glossary terms for all five evolution patterns and the Role Decision Matrix
v1.4 — March 24, 2026
Content
- Specification Engineering Guide: New page — practical companion to the Execution Standards with examples, templates, context failure modes, and worked specs for engineering, marketing, and support roles (read it)
v1.3 — March 12, 2026
Blog
- The Real 50x: New blog post — everyone talks about AI making individuals more productive, but the bigger gain is eliminating coordination entirely (read it)
v1.2 — March 12, 2026
Content
- Engineering for Unreliability: New page — how to build reliable systems from unreliable AI components, and why this isn't as new as it feels (read it)
Blog
- Blog section: Added blog with index page, tag filtering, and bilingual support
- Managing AI Is Managing: First blog post — how working with AI agents teaches management skills, not coding (read it)
v1.1 — March 7, 2026
Content
- Vision: Added labor market evidence from Anthropic's research on AI labor market impacts — young worker hiring shifts (~14% drop in AI-exposed occupations), knowledge worker exposure demographics (47% higher earnings, 4× more likely to hold graduate degrees)
- Framework: Added measurable capability-usage gap to Level 1 description — 94% theoretical AI task coverage vs. 33% actual usage in technical roles (source)
- Vision: Added section on accountability evolution — how accountability shifts from inspection to system design as AI takes over execution
Terminology
- Engineering scale rungs renamed from role-based to process-based names: Assisted coding, Scoped delegation, Supervised generation, Directed development, Spec-driven development, Autonomous production — replacing previous names that implied a hierarchy of human roles rather than a progression of working modes
v1.0 — March 3, 2026
Initial public release. Nine pages covering vision, reference framework, AI Lab, execution standards, employee guide, manager guide, glossary, legacy work patterns, and about.