Some of the videos made by John Plant (his channel on youtube is called "Primitive Technology", references at the end of the post) make me appreciate the power of time. As in - often simpler solutions to a problem exist if we accept very slow solutions.

For example: spreading butter on a bread (if you just took the butter out of the refrigerator) can be made easier by either slicing the butter stick/brick very thinly (complicated solution) or by chopping the piece of butter you'll need in advance, and letting it sit for some time at room temperature (using time).

Similarly, when trying to build software for myself, I often find that a good antidote against over-engineering is using a simple, half-baked solution for a while. This brings to my attention a bunch of contextual information, and usually leads to me discarding a truckload of features which before seemed crucial.

Another example: many recipes are not complicated, but take patience (letting something rest for a day, or days!)...

Anyway, just sharing a bit the liberating power of time. Slow is not necessarily bad.

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@primitivetechnology9550

Blog (seems a libble abandoned): https://primitivetechnology.wordpress.com/

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