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Start Coding At The Point Of Least Certainty tl;dr: "You know you can build a platform for monkeys to stand on. Plenty exist. You know you can build a flaming hoop for them to jump through. Plenty exist. You even know you can get a monkey. But can you train the monkey to jump through the hoop? Without the trained monkey, you have no spectacle. Nobody's gonna come watch a bunch of monkeys standing around a fire."

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What I learned From Software Engineering At Google tl;dr: This post discusses: (1) The difference between engineering and programming. (2) Hyrum's Law - "all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody" so write tests on the code you like. (3) The earlier you find a mistake, the easier it is to fix, and more.

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