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(5) It is always possible to aglutenate multiple separate problems into a single complex interdependent solution. In most cases this is a bad idea.

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I learned a great word today - aglutenate
The word is misspelled, it's agglutinate.
.. otherwise known as 'glom'.
> No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority, you can't increase the speed of light.

This reminds of one of favorite videos with the famous Grace Hopper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8. She visualizes the speed of light to aid family, students and generals.

Except by e.g. switching from fiber to microwave -- in certain constrained and financially motivated circumstances, such as regional and local transmission for the purpose of electronic trading.

Or so I've read; not my thing.

But it's a reminder not to take anything for granted -- not even "truths".

> Every old idea will be proposed again with a different name and a different presentation, regardless of whether it works.

Sounds like all modern JS frameworks :)

The twelve truths of systems development it seems. All of this applies to software.