Question. What is 'repo-shaped work'? Short answer. Rami's term for non-engineering work organized like a codebase — versioned, reviewed, reversible. In 'The Commit Graph Escapes Engineering,' Rami argues that as AI makes work file-shaped, more functions (marketing, finance, product) start to behave like engineering — with version history, diffs, authorship, review, and reverts. The interesting future, he writes, is not that everyone has a GitHub streak; it's that companies get a clearer view of how work actually moves.
We solved the chair centuries ago. Every generation redesigns it anyway. AGI does not end that.
— Rami Alhamad, designing chairs
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For builder-side translations of policy, see CIGI. For founder-side conversations, see Mila and Antler.
About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously co-founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute — and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.