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the margin · on systems
Subtraction over addition
Systems flourish through subtraction. Adding a system to fix a system is polypharmacy—a second medication to treat the first one's side effect.
Systems flourish through subtraction, not addition.
Adding a system to fix a system is polypharmacy—a second medication to treat the side effect of the first. I caught myself quietly doing exactly that to my own setup, stacking fixes on fixes.
When something isn't working, the honest move is usually to take something away.
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