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May 6, 2026 Detecting AI FOMO in your teams - Why Slow Is Good There is a particular kind of engineer right now who measures their day in token throughput, runs a dozen agents in parallel, checks their state on the phone and feels genuine anxiety when they have unused... 13 min read production AIengineering leadershipAI adoption