Internal tools only need to be functional
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And I don't think this is hard to write because it doesn't have to be beautiful. It just has to be functional.
Episode 135: Maximizing the Pull (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:21:18 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Dave would rather build Adam and volunteers a simple dashboard than keep SSHing in to run cleanup scripts. It doesn't have to be beautiful, just functional, and people who want to help need tools to help with.
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Episode 135: Maximizing the Pull (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:21:38 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
Because people want to help people are asking to help you and I and I go, like I don't have anything to give them. And so I want I need to be able to give them something.
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Episode 254: Pop a TTermy! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:17:36 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
I tolerate some truly terrible user interfaces because I built the app and I know how it works and it serves it. It serves my need like it doesn't have. I think we get married to the idea that software has to be beautiful and slick. That's not the point of software.
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