diff --git a/documents/anti-patterns/cognitive-overload.md b/documents/anti-patterns/cognitive-overload.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d39fdf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/anti-patterns/cognitive-overload.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +authors: [aino_vonge_corry] +--- + +# Cognitive Overload (Anti-pattern) + +## Problem +AI lowers the friction of starting new work, and most people prefer starting tasks over finishing them. Working on many things at once can even look impressive. + +## What Goes Wrong +Many things start at once — branches, prototypes, experiments, tasks. You lose overview and get stressed. For the team it's worse: not only does everyone lose track of their own work, but what the team works on as a whole becomes overwhelming. + +**Consequences:** attention fragments, and the team loses a shared picture of what matters. It becomes hard to explain to other teams what you need and what you can offer. + +**Symptoms:** too many open loops, constant context switching, unfinished work. + +## Example +This is a very human challenge, but AI makes it worse — it lowers the bar for starting a task even further. It shows up most in teams focused on working hard rather than doing things right. + +## Solution +Limit work in progress. Finish, review, and learn before opening the next loop. diff --git a/documents/relationships.mmd b/documents/relationships.mmd index b4046f6..aaf86df 100644 --- a/documents/relationships.mmd +++ b/documents/relationships.mmd @@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ graph LR %% Anti-pattern → Anti-pattern relationships (related) anti-patterns/sunk-cost -->|related| anti-patterns/answer-injection anti-patterns/sunk-cost -->|related| anti-patterns/tell-me-a-lie + anti-patterns/cognitive-overload -->|causes| anti-patterns/flying-blind %% Anti-pattern → Obstacle relationships (related/causes) anti-patterns/sunk-cost -->|related| obstacles/limited-context-window diff --git a/website/config/authors.yaml b/website/config/authors.yaml index db351ef..5b791a1 100644 --- a/website/config/authors.yaml +++ b/website/config/authors.yaml @@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ juan_michelini: svetkis: name: svetkis github: svetkis +aino_vonge_corry: + name: Aino Vonge Corry + github: apaipi