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Tony St Pierre
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Prevent Failures Before They Happen: Engineering with Discipline, Not Credit

The best engineers act before anything breaks.

They clean up working code.
Trace tools they already trust.
Build defenses no one sees, just in case.

Not for praise.
For confidence in what holds when it matters.

This isn't surface work.
It's how principle shows up in code.

Read "Strength Earned in Solitude" – Day 152

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Nathan Tarbert

yeah, growth like this always makes me wonder - you think the real win’s in all the small habits or just sticking it out and showing up even when nobody’s watching?

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Tony St Pierre

Yeah, the small habits are how you show up when no one's watching. They are not flashy, but they build trust in the code and yourself.