@fchollet your last newsletter article is so 🎯 I couldn't agree more!

"People are not replaceable cogs in service of a codebase. They’re the only real vector of success you have. Certainly, like in the ship of Theseus, you can replace one person or ten without meaningfully damaging the machine. But take away too many, and the stack falls down. All you will be left with is static codebase built for a world that will soon no longer exists."

https://fchollet.substack.com/p/the-machine-that-makes-the-thing

The machine that makes the thing is more valuable than the thing

People, culture, and processes over artifacts.

Sparks in the Wind