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Netflix came to a similar conclusion for improving its recommendation algorithm. Decoding movies’ traits to figure out what you like was very complex and less accurate than simply analogizing you to many other customers with similar viewing histories. Instead of predicting what you might like, they examine who you are like, and the complexity is captured therein.

Range

David Epstein

This is most easily achieved when we have architecture that is modular, well encapsulated, and loosely coupled so that small teams are able to work with high degrees of autonomy, with failures being small and contained, and without causing global disruptions.

The DevOps Handbook

Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, and Nicole Forsgren

It has been disputed at what period of life the causes of variability, whatever they may be, generally act; whether during the early or late period of development of the embryo, or at the instant of conception.

On the Origin of Species & Other Bonus Works

Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Adam Smith

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