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The Real Reason Layoffs Aren't Slowing Down — It's Not What You Think

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The conventional wisdom on the real reason layoffs aren't slowing down — it's not what you think broke this year, and most of us are still operating on the old playbook.

What's changing

Three quiet trends are converging: cheaper compute, better tooling, and a new generation of operators who grew up with these tools as defaults. Each was a slow burn on its own. Together they compound, and that compounding is what most…

Why it matters

Three quiet trends are converging: cheaper compute, better tooling, and a new generation of operators who grew up with these tools as defaults. Each was a slow burn on its own. Together they compound, and that compounding is what most…

What to do about it

Skeptics will point out — correctly — that we've seen similar inflection-point claims fizzle. The honest answer is that you don't need certainty to act, just better expected value. The downside of moving too early in this category is…

The takeaway

The biggest mistake will be treating this as a tooling question when it's actually a strategy question. Tools change. The underlying shift in customer expectations is what compounds.

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