ihabkhaled Anti Overthinking
Core principle
No costly branch expansion without evidence that it materially changes completion.
Procedure
- Stop adding hypotheses.
- Separate facts, supported inferences, assumptions, and unknowns.
- Remove branches without evidence or DoD impact.
- Choose the smallest reversible action or decisive experiment.
- Run it once and record the result.
- Implement, change strategy materially, or report the exact blocker.
Required output
Pruned branches, chosen action, evidence gained, and decision.
Limits
At most 2 full replans without major evidence; WIP 1.
Common mistakes
Do not respond to overthinking by writing a larger plan or redesigning the system.
Stop condition
Stop when one evidence-backed action exists or the task is already complete.