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“Productivity is most important by engineering management rules, but enjoyment is most important for engineers. One stems from the other.”

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Eventually, I decided that thinking was not getting me very far and it was time to try building.

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When there is no type hierarchy you don't have to manage the type hierarchy.

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A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.

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