Jevon’s paradox
There’s a strong bias towards just a little more.
There’s a strong bias towards just a little more. Tweak this tweak that. Oh what about this idea. With building things with Claude Code at your disposal.
In economics, the Jevons paradox, or Jevons effect, is said to occur when technological improvements that increase the efficiency of a resource’s use lead to a rise, rather than a fall, in total consumption of that resource.1
Rather than take the most efficient path to complete your idea you end up adding more to the scope.
I’ve been finding that there’s always that little bit more you can do. The ideas just get more ambitious as the request you give succeeds.
However, I’m finding it fun and I wonder what my design workflow will look like in the next 6 months? There’s so much change and stuff going on in this space I am just going with the flow.