Yeah, that's part of what I meant. If the path is totally clear; "add API to existing codebase, write tests, do CR, commit" then I don't think you see as much 1

Yeah, that's part of what I meant. If the path is totally clear; "add API to existing codebase, write tests, do CR, commit" then I don't think you see as much 10x behavior. If it's a new technology that the team isn't familiar with, or a tricky API for some reason, then solutions can start getting totally overengineered, and it can spiral out of control.