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		brian-armstrong on Jan 8, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do It in Jeans First So that leaves us with the following approximate advice, "Skip anything extra that's uncessary, unless it is actually necessary, and make sure to know the difference." Easy!

elliotto on Jan 8, 2025 [–]

I would argue that knowing what is necessary and what isn't is the fundamental claim of engineering and isn't reducible to a pithy aphorism.

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