Speed used to be a clear advantage.
Ship fast. Test quickly. Iterate endlessly.
But when everything moves fast, nothing has time to settle.
Products change before users adapt. Teams rewrite systems before understanding them. Decisions stack without reflection.
What looks like momentum can quietly become instability.
Some of the strongest products today aren't the fastest movers — they're the ones that pause long enough to solidify.
In mature systems, progress often comes from slowing down just enough to think.
Speed helps you explore. Slowness helps you understand.
That's the balance worth noticing.