Simon Willison on the origins and best definition of 'Directly Responsible Individuals' (DRI)

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Simon Willison went looking for a solid definition of 'Directly Responsible Individual' (DRI) — a term he traces to Apple — and found the best public writeup in the GitLab handbook. The short post is a useful pointer for solo builders and small teams formalizing single-owner accountability for tasks and incidents, a pattern that maps naturally onto assigning ownership of individual agents or pipeline stages.