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Why perfection is about taking away, not adding

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said: "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." I think that's important everywhere: in building products, explaining concepts, and so on. Just take a look at the viral picture of the Raptor engine’s evolution by @SpaceX .

Why perfection is about taking away, not adding

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