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The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything | Blog (notashelf.dev)

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Reposted from Hacker News, it was #6 when I looked so you may have already seen it but I thought it was worth reposting. I am not the author.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Great article thanks for sharing.

I love the part of

“Knowing when to stop”

lol. I feel attacked

You learn how to program. You learn how to fix things. But the hardest thing you’ll ever learn is when to leave them broken.

And maybe that’s the most human skill of all.