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Re:Ask HN: Insider history of the demise of Kodak? by icebraining on Sunday July 17, 2016 @06:23PM (#12112164)
On the other hand, Stradivarius made 1100+ instruments, which even over his long career - 77 years - comes to more than one per month, and probably more than that over his prime period. He certainly doesn't sound like someone agonizing over making the perfect instrument, instead improving them version by version.
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Re:Ask HN: Insider history of the demise of Kodak? by mark-r on Sunday July 17, 2016 @11:57PM (#12113158)
I don't know if the story of the ceramics teacher is actually true, but it has the ring of truth and it applies to this example. Incremental improvement is a more sure path to success than striving for perfection out of the box.

http://kottke.org/09/02/art-and-fear

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