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Gadgets · by Lena Müller · 2026-10-09

What laptops looks like when you stop optimizing everything on a budget

I tried this in Lagos with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where laptops stopped feeling new.

I started this because my Monday morning felt a little stuck, and phones seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.

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Noah Campbell · 0 likes

There is probably a middle ground here. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability. Naming things remains undefeated as the hardest problem.

Khalid Al Zahrani · 0 likes

This reminds me of something a friend in Cape Town mentioned.

Silver Comet · 0 likes

I am stealing that phrase.