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The "No, but" Engineer (scottsmitelli.com)
2 points by herbertl 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I've been told that I "have a problem for every solution", and I'm OK with that. It's because I tend to look for things in the solutions suggested that either do not solve the problem, are unrelated to the problem, or are obviously (after a bit of mental poking around) problematic themselves. It's sometimes annoying but most times the process leads to simpler, more elegant solutions (less future maintenance, but more upfront mental effort).




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