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What Building Software Reminded Me About Building Rifles
I grew up around people who could fix things. My father and uncles were terrific shade-tree mechanics, mostly because necessity demanded it. When something broke, the answer wasn't always to replace it or take it to someone else. You opened it up, figured out what wasn't working, and did what you could to put it right. I learned by watching, handing over tools, asking questions, and eventually helping. My father was also a gunsmith during one chapter of his life. In the early 1980s, he