My small experiment with learning from explainers

Solar River · 33 likes

This made me smile more then expected. The 9-minute rule is underrated

Nour Ali · 27 likes

my version of this was messier, but teh conclusion was similar. This is more useful on a tired Monday morning than on a perfect day. I appreciate when people separate evidence from speculation

Marco Conti · 13 likes

I get the appeal, though I would be careful calling it the best option. That is the kind of detail beginners miss

Iryna Melnyk · 10 likes

My first thought was cost, then time, then whether I would remember to do it. This is where I would ask one more question before choosing. The scale of it still melts my brain a little

Tomás Gómez · 10 likes

This. Exactly this

Noah Campbell · 7 likes

anecdote beats theory here

Rafael Almeida · 10 likes

That is a surprisingly elegant way to frame it. Honestly, teh simplest version wins for me

Maia Brown · 9 likes

I agree with the goal and disagree with the method. The busy month version is even more interesting

Aarav Sharma · 9 likes

This is useful for some cases, but terrible advice if the stakes are high. I am curious whether explainers still feels good next month

Miguel Santos · 6 likes

I wonder how much of this depends on timing. The low-effort version is probably the keeper

João Pereira · 1 likes

my wallet felt that

Felix Weber · 6 likes

I am skeptical. The idea sounds good, but the maintenance cost is real. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability

Pieter Botha · 6 likes

You explained teh tradeoff realy clearly. The 9-minute rule is underrated

Ren Suzuki · 4 likes

I would not call it wrong, just incomplete. My only addition is to make the first step visible

Finn Brown · 3 likes

I wish more posts had this much context. My friend tried it in Jakarta and had the opposite result

Aarav Sharma · 4 likes

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot

Olena Shevchenko · 1 likes

This is the gentle version of my rant

Finn Brown · 4 likes

that is fair, but I still worry about maintenance

Iryna Melnyk · 3 likes

There is probably a middle ground here. I used to overcomplicate this constantly

Siti Lestari · 2 likes

helpful correction

Piotr Zieliński · 1 likes

I like this more then the top-level advice

Noah Johansson · 1 likes

could be regional too

Noor Janssens · 2 likes

There is probly a middle ground here. This is more useful on a tired busy month than on a perfect day. The scale of it still melts my brain a little

Paolo Garcia · 2 likes

Really good advice, and it feels doable. I noticed the same thing in Seoul

Linh Tran · 2 likes

Interesting. I would like to see how it changes after 4 months. Honestly, teh simplest version wins for me

Curious Orbit · 14 likes

This is the kind of disagreement I like

Mariam Said · 1 likes

fair pushback

Valeria López · 1 likes

Glad you shared it; small wins count. This pairs weirdly well with falafel