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If you are designing for 8 demands it’s likely that 6 are easy, 7 requires serious contemplation, and that doing all 8 results in a worse system overall. Key lesson from system-design legend [Jeff Dean](https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//people/jeff/stanford-295-talk.pdf).
The Napkin Math Methodology for System Design
sirupsen.com
As I always remind people: when you're making Bonsai it's the trunk which is most important because in Bonsai we are trying to create tree like images and trees have trunks shrubs do not have trunks.
So as soon as you start showing the trunk it begins to look tree, like so. I will concentrate on this side which is a front and keep showing the trunk as much as possible.
GIANT Crassula Bonsai
Herons Bonsai
Something interesting about using voice for this means that you are not limited by the number of keys on a keyboard, or the programmability of the keyboard in general. The human voice is a much more flexible tool than we give it credit. This allows us to create commands that can do just about anything, with just about any sound to trigger it.
Isn't that metal as all hell?
Talon Is Amazing
Xe's Blog
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