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New comment by adastrapa in "Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste"

adastrapa — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:44:33 +0000

agreed, tinkering in my experience is either understanding how something works, or fixing something that is broken, or, building something new entirely (and in my mind all of these are hardware based) and usually involves disassembling things into their constituent components, whether or not you're supposed to. I also don't think tinkering is required for taste, I think being exposed to things, exploring things you're interested in, and questioning things is how you develop taste, which is also highly subjective.

New comment by adastrapa in "Malicious compliance by booking an available meeting room"

adastrapa — Fri, 16 May 2025 10:00:38 +0000

my alma mater!

New comment by adastrapa in "The best programmers I know"

adastrapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:30:45 +0000

For those who can't access the website, I found the article is also available on GitHub here: https://github.com/mre/endler.dev/blob/master/content/2025/b...