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1. WalterBright · 1789773579 · focus · HN ↗

   According to Isaacson's biography of Musk, Musk relentlessly challenges the existence of every part in Tesla and SpaceX machines. He's willing to go too far, having to sometimes put a part back in.

   Everything in the manufacturing process is also challenged to justify its existence.

   This is how he managed to reduce the costs by 90%.

   1. WalterBright · 1789782124 · focus · HN ↗

      I've been inspired by that to refactor my code so that function parameters are minimized (many pass TMI).

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