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Saturation blindness

5Lifecycle

A benchmark near its ceiling loses discrimination, and regressions hide in rounded aggregates. Treat saturation as a maintenance event, not a success.

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Handbook · PracticeAnti-patterns and failure vocabularySeventeen named ways evaluator systems fail, each with its tell, its layer and its fix.
Saturation
An instrument ceiling where stronger systems can no longer be discriminated. Treat it as a maintenance event.

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