Brooks's distinction between essential and accidental complexity in software systems

Knuth's full quote on premature optimization and how the slogan gets misused

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I’m starting a series called /lost+found/net to highlight corners of the web that deserve sharing.

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I shared this in our Slack this morning and wanted to share it here because this is the type of community we’re trying to foster. We want to For now, the ticket for joining our community is purchasing one of […]

Why slack in a deadline often turns into scope, polish, and meetings instead of safety margin.

Why every useful abstraction eventually forces you to learn what it hides, and what that means for frameworks and APIs.

20% of the product takes 80% of the time. And 80% of the impact is driven by 20% of the product.

When complex systems read as magic, people stop asking what has to stay true for them to work.