A nice essay from Cam Pedersen. Clay breaks. A lot. My first few attempts collapsed on the wheel. One piece cracked in the kiln. I dropped another walking to my car. But nobody cries about it, you just start over. The clay doesn’t care. It’s just material waiting for the next idea. You’re gonna have […]

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A short reflective essay drawing a parallel between pottery and coding: just as clay breaks and potters start over without grief, developers should avoid being precious about their code. Code is just text — delete it, rewrite it, start fresh. The idea survives even when the implementation doesn't.

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