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by hinkley 1896 days ago
Some things are just very hard to explain for various reasons. One of them is that it's painful to look at how stupid some processes are.

But like the rubber duck technique, sometimes trying to 'document the bullshit' connects some dots in your brain and lets you either avoid the most frustrating part or at least chip away at it. And sometimes chipping away at a problem gets other people to contribute as well. Hope is a powerful thing.

It's kind of a Hail Mary Play but even the 'bad' outcome is far better than inaction.