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As I’ve written in past reviews, “permission” seems to be my biggest psychological takeaway from SPECIAL PROJECTS. That is: Feeling bestowed with a permission to do the kind of work I believed I was capable of, but perhaps not strong enough to do entirely on my own.
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Craig Mod
Often, in making edits to a work: The ego comes in, saying: I wanted this to happen, I got what I wanted, so it's a problem solved.
But this isn't necessarily true. Yes, the changes were made, but did they improve the work? Or have they set off a domino effect that created other problems?
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
I thought it was notable that by making some minor tweaks to Ruby code it can now outperform a precompiled statically typed language in a purpose-built example of when it is slow. I’m hopeful that someday with future advancements in the Ruby JIT even the small tweaks might not be necessary.
Ruby Might Be Faster Than You Think
johnhawthorn.com
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