Observed arrival · 2026-08-30
Requisite Variety: The Systems Method for Working with AI
Sasha Bondar is writing an open book about using AI through cybernetics, systems thinking, and control rather than prompt collections.
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The project organizes its argument around W. Ross Ashby’s law that only variety can absorb variety, applying that principle to the gap between highly variable AI output and narrow prompt habits. The page separates Ukrainian chapters in the author’s main feed from English essays in a newsletter section, and explicitly excludes tool reviews, model comparisons, and prompt collections. Its stated audience is software engineers, with a final section intended for managers evaluating whether teams are producing or merely circulating.
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