Same data, two visual hierarchies. Variant A sorts by verdict (amber → green) with every card the same size. Variant B does the same sort but visually de-emphasises green cards via smaller padding, font sizes, and 78% opacity. The compounding question: does smaller-green make the amber row scan faster, or does it make the dashboard look incomplete?
Default. Verdict drives order; size is uniform. Reading rhythm stays consistent; eye starts top-left and travels down through each card with no visual signal that it's allowed to skim.
Same sort. Green cards rendered at ~78% opacity + smaller numerals + tighter padding. Tells the eye: healthy = noise, skim it. Risk: looks unfinished; risk: the visual gap between amber and green grows fast as more tripwires turn green.
Dan's prior: guess is Variant A wins. Same-size + sorted preserves the dashboard's dense, uniform rhythm; smaller-green risks reading as "broken/inconsistent layout" rather than "healthy/de-emphasised." The decision criterion: which variant makes a NEW tripwire failure (e.g., one of the bottom-row greens flips to amber and slides up) more attention-getting?