Incubate, integrate, reject
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Incubation is not a euphemism for adoption. It is a bounded environment where a candidate competes with the current solution.
Promotion gates
Section titled “Promotion gates”| Transition | Gate |
|---|---|
| discovered → experimenting | Pain and falsifiable hypothesis are evidenced; simpler alternative recorded |
| experimenting → incubating | Baseline, reproducible result and independent review exist |
| incubating → integrating | Tracer bullet wins on predeclared metrics and has rollback |
| integrating → adopted | Repository checks pass, accountable authority accepts, operational evidence remains healthy |
| any → rejected | Falsifier hit, no useful seam, or simpler alternative wins |
Integration principles
Section titled “Integration principles”- integrate one vertical tracer bullet, not a horizontal platform;
- preserve existing contracts until replacement evidence exists;
- pin versions and exact revisions in the experiment;
- separate author, reviewer and merge authority for material changes;
- retain the rejection and its evidence.
For the current Jev opportunity, even a good calibration only permits the next bounded A/B. It does not authorize provider routing in GA, Gaia or Demerzel.
Exercise: write a rejection receipt
Choose a candidate whose simpler alternative wins. Record the baseline, measured result, violated success criterion, retained artifact and revisit condition. Set status to rejected; do not delete the row.