A designer should start as a generalist so as to identify the spike, the thing they bring to the team that nobody else can.

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• Cooling adds nothing to what a data centre produces, which is why it is the first thing a good design deletes rather than optimises. AVAustin Vernon18 Apr 2024energydesign
• Making something brand new gives you room to explore new design approaches; the gravity of an existing system bends you back towards conforming. JFJason Fried8 May 2025energydesign
• Omarchy is a system for professional computer lovers: it optimises usability over learnability, and a couple of days learning the keyboard is a fair price. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson25 Aug 2026energydesign
• The cheapest energy will come from a simple mass-produced reactor rather than the best design -- nuclear's problem is the Toyota Camry problem. ITIsaiah Taylor15 Aug 2026energydesign
• "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. CSChris Smaje30 Jun 2026energy

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