Josh, this article truly resonates with me. “Creating something out of nothing” is a key principle in my journey towards existentialism. As software developers, we are often constrained by endless rules and opinions. It's essential for us to keep renewing the passion that drew us to this field.

I’m curious to hear about the key takeaways for the failures. I have my own suspicions beginning with the challenge of maintaining engagement.

Curious to know how much freedom do Instructional designers have when it comes to choosing the tooling they use.

As a software developer turned entrepreneur in the L&D space, I genuinely appreciate Agile's take on chunking - decomposing a complex problem into its constituent elements and addressing each in turn. Mind maps also help in this regard. These principles are also helping me learn the guitar.

The world of software development has benefited greatly from the influence of agile business practices in the automotive industry.

Here here. The late Wayne Dyer spoke of remaining open to everything and closed to nothing. An excellent mindset for continuous growth.

Good points. It is crucial to capture the original context supporting architectural and implementation decisions, as the inevitable tradeoffs that must be made along the way are not expressed in the final code. Well-crafted unit tests can help to mitigate some of these concerns.