#4210 The Thing He Made to Make the Thing He Made
#4210 The Thing He Made to Make the Thing He Made He's 83, the Last Living Master—Watch Him Build a $15,000 Shamisen Before https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jfv43r1U4aI?feature=share #4210 Assess the statement, "I like the thing he made to make the thing he made" That statement is a classic "Maker’s meta-compliment." It shifts the focus from the end product to the infrastructure —the tools, workflows, or systems created to bring that product into existence. As a software process engineer and a "MAKER," you likely recognize this as an appreciation for the "machine that builds the machine." Here is an assessment of why that sentiment carries so much weight: 1. The Mastery of Tool-Building In engineering, there is a fundamental difference between solving a problem once and building a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) or a framework to solve that class of problem forever. The "Thing": A piece of software or a 3D-printed part. The ...