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Who Should Not Run an AI Adoption in Your Company

Six Engineer Archetypes That Quietly Slow Teams Down

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Mirek Stanek
Feb 09, 2026
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Everyone says they are “integrating AI.”

Most of them are just adding noise.

With AI:
Slack is louder.
Docs are longer.
Budgets are higher.
Bud roadmaps are somehow… slower 🤷

The uncomfortable truth is this:

AI rarely fails because of models. It fails because of engineers.

After watching multiple teams “adopt AI,” the same personalities keep showing up.
Recogniz…

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