Decision tool

Stop comparing options in your head. Put them on a map of effort, upside, reversibility, and values fit.

Decision Terrain

See which option is actually the high ground.

The best option is usually high upside, low effort, and easy to reverse.

This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is saved to the database.

The options

What are you choosing between?

A
6/10
9/10
8/10
9/10
B
7/10
5/10
3/10
5/10
C
4/10
6/10
9/10
7/10

Live terrain

Effort vs. upside

Options drift up as upside grows and left as effort drops. Bigger dot means easier to reverse; color shows values fit.

Decision terrain map A landscape plotting decision options by effort and upside, sized by reversibility and colored by values fit. SWEET SPOT High upside · low effort GRIND ZONE · high effort, low upside EFFORT → low high UPSIDE → low high Values fit Partial Off-values

Best bet

A · Ship a public side project

Highest overall fit.

Safest first step

C · Go deeper in my current role

Most reversible.

Make it earn its place

B · Pay for a big certification

Lowest fit.

The read

Your strongest option is also the easiest to reverse — start there this week.

Related tools and books

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Mobile app fit

Use the web terrain to choose; use the app to follow through.

This public tool maps one decision in a single session. The app is the better place for saved decisions, reminders, and checking later whether the option you picked paid off.

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