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Cynical software doesn’t even trust itself, so it puts up internal barriers to protect itself from failures. It refuses to get too intimate with other systems, because it could get hurt.
“You want to invent new ideas, not new rules.”
― Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck
― Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck
“The most basic way to get someone's attention is this: Break a pattern.”
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
“It is amazing how often the reason you can't find a convincing explanation for something is because your conclusion is wrong.”
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“Closure is when a function is able to remember and access its lexical scope even when that function is executing outside its lexical scope.”
― You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures
― You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures
“An accurate but useless idea is still useless.”
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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187 books
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157 books
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669 books
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