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A developer alone at a desk at night, calm and steady in the blue glow of a terminal screen showing an error, coffee cup and notebook nearby

On stubbornness, and what it’s actually for

Marty had three evenings and one simple task. It took all three. This is the story of what happened between almost working and actually working.

A builder standing just outside a small newly completed house at dusk, warm light glowing through the open door, tools in hand but not entering — the house finished and ready for someone else

On building a house for someone else to live in

Marty had two hours and a vague sense that something could come from them. It did.