Steelman the option you rejected
Why it matters If you cannot state the best case for the option you turned down, you do not know why you turned it down. You may just have met it in its weakest form.
Steelman: the strongest honest version of a view you disagree with, the opposite of a straw man.
A good steelman is specific to your situation, uses the other option's real strengths, and names the conditions under which it would win. A weak one is a list of generic pros, or a version written to lose.
It is also one of the best uses of a model as a sparring partner: "I chose X over Y for this system. Make the strongest case for Y, and tell me what would have to be true for Y to be the better choice." Then check the answer against what you know.
For each case below, pick the strongest steelman of the rejected option.
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