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Sharpen Each Other's Work
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Peer review should make the draft better - friction with care, not performance theater or silent approval.
Key Concept
- Dull work stays dull when nobody pushes - sharpening is peer review that improves the artifact, not the ego scoreboard.
- Level 1: Like a training partner calling out foot placement - friction on the move, not insults from the bleachers.
- Level 2: Sharpening review names what is weak and what would fix it - same session, same respect.
- Level 3: Iron Sharpens Iron is the faith name - Proverbs friction between people who want each other sharper.
- Level 4: Deliberate Practice needs outside eyes; sharpening review is one scheduled pass before ship.
- Level 5: Give Useful Feedback is the delivery skill - sharpening fails when the tone eats the truth.
- Drafting in Public invites sharpening early when Rollback Principle is still cheap.
Examples
- Teammate marked three vague paragraphs before publish - ten minutes of friction saved an hour of reader confusion.
- Code review caught the env var gap before Friday deploy - iron sharpening was the comment thread, not a blame DM.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Ship It | when ship-now skips peer sharpening |
| alternative | Iron Sharpens Iron | Faith lane names Proverbs sharpening between believers |
| extends | Deliberate Practice | Outside eyes are part of deliberate reps |
| extends | Drafting in Public | Early drafts invite early sharpening |
| extends | Give Useful Feedback | Useful feedback is how sharpening lands |
| extends | Ship It | Sharpen before ship - not instead of ship |
