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Lloyd Smith
Lloyd Smith

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On Things

  • It is cheaper to make a thing next year than it is to make it today.
  • It is cheaper to maintain a thing next year than it is to maintain it today.

Therefore ...

  • A third-party thing needs to provide much more value for me to use it over just making my own version that thing myself.
  • I will not feel bad about making things.

Other Things:

  • The supply chain attacks of yore taught us that perhaps a trivial thing like "leftPad" should be inlined.
  • The definition of "trivial thing" has evolved to include much greater scope than in the past.

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