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Explain Like I'm Five · by Mateo Cruz · 2026-10-02

The beautiful joy of doing the first draft badly at first after 37 tries

My current rule is simple: if it takes less than 3 minutes to prepare, I am much more likely to keep doing it.

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Rohan Mehta · 2 likes

I disagree a bit. beautiful matters, but the bigger issue is usually expectations. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability.

Amina Okafor · 1 likes

That is fair, but I still worry about maintenance.

Cozy Otter · 0 likes

That is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it. It sounds small, but the routine matters.