What if the solution isn’t more options, but better constraints? What if removing the impossible decisions actually frees you to excel at the meaningful ones? Leonardo da Vinci didn’t invent paint, but he mastered it within its constraints to create the Mona Lisa.
- Three Machines That Taught Me Everything About What Not To Build
Every compromise I’m uncovering is actually a specification for what I’m building. Where they chose plastic for cost, I’m speccing metal for the daily ritual… - The Dual-Basket Dilemma: Why I Spent Three Weeks Wrestling With An Unsolved Puzzle
Nine millimeters doesn’t sound like much until you’re trying to engineer around it while using standard components from … - Basket Size
This was my first major decision-making milestone on my journey to design the espresso lever machine. At first, I thought about following the industry giants.