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Make it real

Ideas are cheap. Make a prototype, sketch a CLI session, draw a wireframe. Discuss around concrete examples, not hand-waving abstractions. Don't say you did something, provide a URL that proves it.

Ship it

Nothing is real until it's being used by a real user. This doesn't mean you make a prototype in the morning and blog about it in the evening. It means you find one person you believe your product will help and try to get them to use it.

Do it with style

Pragma: akamai-x-cache-on, akamai-x-cache-remote-on, akamai-x-check-cacheable, akamai-x-get-cache-key, akamai-x-get-extracted-values, akamai-x-get-nonces, akamai-x-get-ssl-client-session-id, akamai-x-get-true-cache-key, akamai-x-serial-no
require 'benchmark'
def is_it_true?
true
end
CONSTANT = 1
BenchTimes = 1_000_000
Benchmark.bm(20) do |bm|
Snippet from http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=84670&newpost=1490535#p1211986
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Read Nothing has helped me define what life is about and determine a fulfilling course of action than reading broadly and deeply. I read across disciplines, and am always on the lookout for challenging and intriguing essays and books. (By the way, I've picked up some great suggestions from the multiple "reading" threads in this forum.) Reading brings the world to you, and lets you in on the thoughts and perspectives of people who you can or will never meet. Read, listen to audio books in your car, and develop a reading list for future reading. To make time, swear off television. In a month or two, you will forget it exists. For inspiration, read Steve Leveen's The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life.
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