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    <a href="/002/">Commoditize Your Complement</a>
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      Gwern Branwen and Joel Spolsky ·
      71 min · <span class="date">2026-08-31</span>
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    <a href="/001/">Why We&#39;re Dropping Basecamp</a>
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      Will Sexton · Duke University Libraries Blog ·
      30 min · <span class="date">2026-08-28</span>
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