> If you want everything to be familiar, you'll never learn anything new. > If you don't relentlessly focus on a problem you may have something that doesn't solve a problem. (from [Design in Practice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QF2HjHLSE)) > If you have expectations (of others) that aren't being met, those expectations are your own responsibility. You are responsible for your own needs. If you want things, make them. (from [Open Source is not about you](https://gist.github.com/richhickey/1563cddea1002958f96e7ba9519972d9)) > Elegance and familiarity are orthogonal. > Optionality is context-dependent > – Maybe Not