Feel it in my hands

There’s something about knowledge and understanding that is fascinating. With all the technology at our disposal, knowledge is readily available. But understanding is not. I think of math classes in school where I felt this the most. Because there was a score tied with how well I could grasp the concept of the week. Learning the steps alone did not make it click in my head. Some concepts would click a week too late when we’ve moved onto the next topic. After graduating and working in software, I feel this understanding and knowledge gap. I have this idea in my head on how to solve a problem. I can write it down and plan it out. Which helps a lot, there’s so much to gain from doing that. I will measure 50 times and cut once. And then realize it’s lopsided and I need to throw away a huge chunk. It’s beneficial to just get in and make a tangible working artifact even if it’s bad. Commercial software is a continual puzzle of trying to get from point a to point b as simply1 as possible.…