---
layout:     post
title:      How not to tell a fake when you don't see one
date:       2018-12-18 23:07:00
summary:    "A master class on deep diving."
categories: design photoshop
---

If you have a few minutes to spare, I highly recommend this post: [LEGO’s letter to parents, and how not to tell a fake when you don’t see one](https://medium.com/@adambanksdotcom/legos-letter-to-parents-and-how-not-to-tell-a-fake-when-you-dont-see-one-2ca9dfe586d7)

It's honestly one of the most approachable deep-dive reports I've seen. As a software engineer, when I find issues in systems I maintain, it's my job to debug them. It's mostly a matter of checking the most common sources of problems: memory usage, disk space issues, concurrency issues, a minor bug in the code.

Once in a while, the root cause is more devious. That's when it becomes appropriate to do a deep dive.

Thoroughly diagnosing and solving a problem is a long process. Sometimes, it takes multiple days. It's difficult to convey what it's like to go down a rabbit hole like that.

This blog post about a pamphlet from LEGO is a very approachable version of such a deep dive.
---
layout:     post
title:      How not to tell a fake when you don't see one
date:       2018-12-23 09:54:00
summary:    "A master class on deep diving."
categories: design photoshop
---

If you have a few minutes to spare, I highly recommend this post: [LEGO’s letter to parents, and how not to tell a fake when you don’t see one](https://medium.com/@adambanksdotcom/legos-letter-to-parents-and-how-not-to-tell-a-fake-when-you-dont-see-one-2ca9dfe586d7)

It's honestly one of the most approachable deep-dive reports I've seen. As a software engineer, when I find issues in systems I maintain, it's my job to debug them. It's mostly a matter of checking the most common sources of problems: memory usage, disk space issues, concurrency issues, a minor bug in the code.

Once in a while, the root cause is more devious. That's when it becomes appropriate to do a deep dive.

Thoroughly diagnosing and solving a problem is a long process. Sometimes, it takes multiple days. It's difficult to convey what it's like to go down a rabbit hole like that.

This blog post about a pamphlet from LEGO is a very approachable version of such a deep dive.
Fix date on deep dive blog post
Fix date on deep dive blog post
