Readings for Lunch — [ 17 Dec 2018 ]
INNOVATION
Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: life inside Tesla's production hell
Previous year, Musk had made an audacious announcement: His company, would soon begin manufacturing a new sedan that it planned to sell for just $35,000, putting it within reach of the middle class.
PERFORMANCE
Yak shaving and fixing
"I know everyone always says that yak shaving is bad, but I’m not so sure. If I’m trying to use some tool we’ve built and then I notice that it’s buggy in an annoying way, I often sit down to fix it.
Or if the build system for whatever I’m working on is borked, is it a good idea to try to fix it for the next person or just work around it and leave it broken?"