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The jobs that never scaled: what changed in v1.1.0
From v1.0.0 (2026-10-21, 1f9952ea2) to v1.1.0 (2026-10-27, db67c5ce1), paragraph by paragraph.
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!shot js-phases.webp | images/ | Before, the meeting, after. Then:after: a week or more gathering, a day or two meeting, three days or more writing up, about three weeks for one engagement. Now: agents gather and write up, and thenow expert'swith time goes on the meeting and the decisions.agents. | concept
28 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short}, Where this comes from {#book}, What never scaled: on-demand expertise {#core}…
!shot js-clinic.webp | images/ | The clinic model. First,model: others collect your history; thenhistory, the specialist reads the key facts and decides; last,decides, a team carries out the plan. Agents can be that first and last group for any expert. | concept
3 unchanged paragraphs, under The intersection that made expertise rare {#intersection}
!shot js-intersection.webp | images/ | The intersection that made outside expertise rare: a company with the problem, someone who had hired the right talent, someone who could travel there,rare, and ahow budgetit bigchanges enough. Nowwhen the expert can be anywhere, and the context and the delivery travel to and from them.anywhere. | concept
3 unchanged paragraphs, under Jobs that never scaled, and now can {#examples}
!shot js-jobs.webp | images/ | Twelve jobs that never scaled:scaled, historian,from librarian, cartographer, architect, on-demand consultant, lawyer reviewing a contract, accountant, doctorhistorian and specialist,librarian sherpa,to security lead, project manager,manager and translator. | concept
21 unchanged paragraphs, under The team I could never have had {#team}, Every field has its geeks {#geeks}, Twelve good hours {#part-time}
!shot js-hours.webp | images/ | Twelve good hours, illustrative. Without support,illustrative: a part-time expert's week goeswithout mostly on gatheringsupport and writingwith up. With agents carrying those, nearly all of it goes on judgement and meetings.agents. | comparison
22 unchanged paragraphs, under Startups that never scaled, and now will {#startups}, Three examples, for the book {#for-the-book}, Related writing {#related}…