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Craft is not a material. You can be careless with oak and meticulous with a config file.

25 SEP 2026CRAFT

It took me a while to accept that the care I take over a joint and the care I take over someone else's network are the same instinct pointed at different things. A workbench is not a requirement for craftsmanship, only the most obvious place to notice it.

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