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p. 14 · Field notes.pdf“…the margins are where ideas live”
12:04 in a talk you savedmatched from the transcript
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that essay about software that feels slow on purpose
Type: ArticleFrom: X bookmarksSaved: last spring
In praise of calm interfaces“…tools that take their time earn our
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The slow software manifestoSaved from X · deliberate friction in
design
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1 Pricing teardown · p. 42 Founder talk · 12:04
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[[Calm interfaces]]- [ ] Try the margin trick
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