Lessons tagged “transaction-costs”
3 published lessons with this tag.
agents
The coordinator overhead
Coordination itself costs effort — keep the coordination cost proportional to the benefit.
operations
The two-minute rule for small tasks
If a task takes less than two minutes do it immediately rather than scheduling it — because the overhead of capturing, organizing, and tracking it exceeds the cost of doing it now.
operations
Build versus buy
Sometimes building a custom tool is worth the investment for a perfectly fitted workflow.