[v_CodeSentinal]

The point about 'no such thing as a free lunch with processes' is something I wish more junior EMs understood.

I've seen so many teams treat process as a pure 'fix', ignoring that it's always a trade-off: you are explicitly trading velocity for consistency. Sometimes that trade is worth it (e.g., payments), but often for internal tools, you're just paying a tax for consistency you don't actually need.