# GitHub Observes That Debating Some Changes Can Cost More Than Building Them

DevFeed: [GitHub Observes That Debating Some Changes Can Cost More Than Building Them](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/engineers-are-still-saying-no-for-a-reason-that-stopped-being-true-17945.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://read.bytesizeddesign.com/p/your-sprint-planning-meeting-costs>)

Author: Byte-Sized Design

Published: 2026-07-20T18:07:06Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Byte-Sized Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/byte-sized-design.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>)

## AI overview

The article says GitHub is observing that, for one class of change, debating whether to proceed can cost more than building the change.

## Source excerpt

Saying no used to be free. GitHub is noticing that for one class of change, the debate now costs more than just building the thing.