Technology Oct 16, 2026

Engineering

Engineering is the art of solving a problem through the clever combination of trade-offs.

Packing for an adventure is basically an engineering problem, and since every engineering problem is about making decisions between trade-offs, you should realize what you gain by including something, and what you lose by excluding it.

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