Daily Dose of Curious

Do not only fix what is in front of you. Ask what would have stopped it.

19 SEP 2026FIXING

The repair is the obligation. The question afterwards is the part that reduces next month's workload, and it costs about ninety seconds while you are packing up and still remember what you found.

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