Glossary

Short glossary for key terms:

• A-Dev: Augmented Development, discipline that combines AI + clear human rules.
• Practitioner-orchestrator: role that orchestrates AI using practical experience.
• Atomic Iteration: 1–2 hour cycle with definition, implementation, verification, and evidence.
• Baseline: set of rules and blueprints that define how work happens.
• Context bloat: excess context that causes drift and inconsistencies.
• Stop the line: fix immediately; do not advance with known debt.
• Quality density: emphasis on value per line of code, not volume.
• Proof of Contribution: public evidence of contributions, not just promises.
• Digital thread: plan → prompt → commit chain that proves traceability.