Chapter 9. Know-how

“The future belongs to the curious.”

—Unknown

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”

—Anthony J. D’Angelo

“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”

—Richard Branson

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

—Pablo Picasso

“Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.”

—Erik Christopher Zeeman

Have you ever seen a demo, read a blog, been at a conference and thought, “Wow—that looks and sounds amazing. We need that!”?

This is usually one of the first glimpses into the evolutionary needs of an architecture. Seeing what others are doing can serve as an inspiration to ...

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