Building a business is recursive.

There's no given problem to solve. No given customer. No given salary. You invent it all at once, and nobody pays you until you do. This is the daily pep-talk for that life.

Quote of the Day

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Edsger W. Dijkstra — Computer scientist
Every part of your business that depends on something else is a part that can break when you're not looking. Fewer moving parts is the only way one person can hold it all without dropping something quietly.

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