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Engineers Are Still Saying No For A Reason That Stopped Being True

Saying no used to be free. GitHub is noticing that for one class of change, the debate now costs more than just building the thing.

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Jul 20, 2026
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There is a shift happening across the industry, and GitHub’s engineering blog put a name on it last week: engineering’s oldest reflex is now misfiring on a specific class of work.

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