Quoting Andy Matuschak, In praise of the particular, and other lessons from 2023, 2024

The temptation, then, is to consider every design element in the most systematic, general form. But this again confuses aims with methods. So many of my best insights have come from hoarding and fermenting vivid observations about the particular—a specific design, in a specific situation.

— Andy Matuschak, In praise of the particular, and other lessons from 2023, 2024

12:04am on October 30, 2024 from Istanbul, Turkey.


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