umair haque: hacking means taking things that suck and making them better

umair haque is always worth reading. though like almost everyone he's way better when he's throwing out new ideas than when he's complaining about people's reaction to them.

Hacking means taking things that suck and making them better. Hacks aren’t always elegant, though they should be. But the logic of hacking is elegant: find things that suck, and make them better.

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