Books · by Gentle Baker · 2026-10-07
The beautiful joy of doing the setup badly at first after 38 tries
39 sparks · 13 comments
Books · by Gentle Baker · 2026-10-07
39 sparks · 13 comments
Beatriz Sousa · 7 likes
I am skeptical. The idea sounds good, but the maintenance cost is real. For me it came down to the practice run.
Cedar Atlas · 1 likes
I laughed, but you are not wrong.
Ngozi Bello · 3 likes
I love this. It feels practical without pretending life is neat. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability.
Chloe Davis · 3 likes
I laughed, but you are not wrong.
Mehdi Benali · 3 likes
What would you change if you started over? My only addition is to make the first step visible.
Hugo Martin · 2 likes
The context helps. Without it I would have assumed the opposite. A little friction removed goes a long way.
Gentle Baker · 2 likes
Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes.
Chloe Davis · 2 likes
Fair pushback.
Mango Atlas · 0 likes
This is the kind of disagreement I like.
Mara Fischer · 2 likes
This reminds me of something a friend in Toronto mentioned. A little friction removed goes a long way.
Alma Nilsson · 1 likes
My first thought was cost, then time, then whether I would remember to do it. I keep a note about libraries for exactly this reason.
Hugo Sánchez · 5 likes
Now I want a spreadsheet.
Urban Fern · 1 likes
I appreciate the honest middle stage, not just the polished ending. The social part surprised me too.