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<span class="num">002</span>
<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'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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