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		Swizec on Jan 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things I’ve learned in my years as a software engi... A master painter can paint anything. Deciding what to paint is where they find the challenge and the fun. First you focus on technique. Then you focus on the what.

grugagag on Jan 19, 2023 [–]

And sometimes you’re no master painter and don’t want to be one, you instead focus on the what and figure out the how by trying things out. You eventually learn tehnique along the way…

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