It Works. That’s the Problem.

The Search · Oct 17, 2026 · 2m · transcript

Years ago, I built an application that worked perfectly fine.

Later, with more experience, I realized it could have benefited from tools I already knew about when I built it.

That was the strange part.

I already had the tools.

I just didn’t recognize when to use them.

And there wasn’t much reason to.

What I had built worked well enough.

Recently, I noticed the same thing somewhere completely different.

I was playing pickleball and wasn’t enjoying the game. Before long, I had constructed an explanation for why.

Then I noticed myself cutting the other players down in my head.

That made me stop…