Research Systems15 July 2026 · 5 min
Useful automation starts with recurring friction rather than fascination with a tool.
A friction log captures the task, frequency, time cost, error risk and the evidence required to trust an automated result.
The highest-value opportunities are repetitive enough to matter, bounded enough to test and important enough to justify careful quality control.
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