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What’s an example of a “crucial detail” from your line of work that outsiders might notice but wouldn’t consider significant unless an insider pointed out how/why it was crucial?
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There was an electric bike monthly rental startup that didn't realize this and had the forks on backwards (with people using them), and they didn't notice until I pointed it out. Very twitchy.
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Web app performance can be impacted by a number of totally independent & unrelated causes. Issues with 1. Your browser permissons 2. Your network connectivity 3. App’s hosting service (AWS) 4. App’s DNS (Cloudflare) 5. A bug in the actual app code Ppl wildly conflate the above
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The first example is partly incorrect. The curve in the fork has a twofold effect: the point of contact is *behind* the steering axis, thus forward motion pulls the wheel straight; and the centre of mass is ahead/above, thus leaning pulls the wheel into the curve.
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