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[&#8230;] <strong>The thing about bad technical decisions is that you can always undo them. [&#8230;] I&#8217;d rather make a decision that turns out to be wrong later than waffle about possible alternatives for too long.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I shall keep it in mind. I hope it&#8217;s not too late.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Torvalds&#8217; Secret Sauce For Linux: Willing To Be Wrong &#8211; from Slashdot Torvalds explains the combination of youthful chutzpah, openness to other&#8217;s ideas, and a willingness to unwind technical decisions that he thinks were critical to the OS&#8217;s development: &#8220;I credit the fact that I didn&#8217;t know what the hell I was setting myself up&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2016\/03\/30\/torvalds-secret-sauce-for-linux-willing-to-be-wrong-slashdot\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-mood","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-js","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":354,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2015\/06\/17\/linux-sopravvivra-a-linus-si-e-lo-dice-proprio-torvalds-mia-mamma-usa-linux\/","url_meta":{"origin":1206,"position":0},"title":"Linux sopravvivr\u00e0 a Linus? 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