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Why Things Break: An Engineer's Curiosity
Original: I’m More Interested in Why Things Break Than Why They Work I don’t think I became interested in technology because I wan
A technology writer reflects on why they got into engineering, saying the pull was never about building apps but about understanding how things work. They argue that breakdowns are more revealing than successes: when something fails, you learn what is really going on underneath, whereas a system working as expected teaches you little. The piece frames curiosity about failure as the core of a technical mindset.
Why now: The reflective take on failure-driven curiosity resonates with engineers and makers who share the same mindset.
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- I’m More Interested in Why Things Break Than Why They Work I don’t think I became interested in technology because I wanted to build apps. I think I became interested because I wanted to understand things. There’s a difference. When something works exactly as expected, there… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 4
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