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Data is the new oil — that we forget to refine

Data is the new oil is repeated so often that the second half has been forgotten: oil underground is worth nothing, and value appears only after extraction and refining. Gigabytes of logs and clicks are noise on their own. Why the database decides more than the algorithm, and what makes the difference: order, not volume.

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The interface: why simple is harder to make

A good interface goes unnoticed: you notice it only when it is bad — when the button cannot be found and you are getting angry. Complexity is easy to build: keep adding features until you are lost yourself. Simplicity takes the courage to leave things out. Behind every simple button lies a heap of discarded ones.