Why I Retired the System I Documented
Eight artifacts on this site document a methodology that no longer exists. This is the story of why I retired the system I spent fifty phases proving, and what the retirement taught me about keeping infrastructure honest.
Post-mortem of the GSD methodology: the November 2025 constraints it was built to survive, the fifty phases it shipped, the six-month freeze that revealed its cost, and the retirement discipline - staged sweeps, lazy removal, honest banners - that replaced silent rot.
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A methodology with fifty phases and 147 files shipped this site, then stalled it for six months. Its replacement fits in five lines you can write on an index card: goal, gate, budget, state row, receipt.
Complete reference for all GSD slash commands organized by workflow stage, from project initialization through milestone completion.
GSD agent that creates executable phase plans with clear objectives, tasks, and success...
Comprehensive infrastructure-first development philosophy
Three-layer prompt delivery mechanism design