Valueless perfection and glorious mediocrity

Each of these issues of greed, ignorance, and hubris can be avoided through a judicious application of mediocrity.

The key to this is recognising that the time you spend trying to create something perfect is not only extremely expensive (you could release something much earlier), but also holds little... See more

The making of burdens

Why was that system so bad? What was it that I did that made it so inextensible and brittle?

The first reason is greed . I wanted to make something cool . I sought a challenge where non existed! The problem I was seeking to solve was primarily my own creation.

The second reason is ignorance . I naively believed that the original... See more