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Top Articles

A roundup of the week's most popular articles and essays from Playtext.

1. Lucky vs. Repeatable (4 min)

“Luck plays such a big role in the world. But it’s hard to talk about. If I say you got lucky, I look jealous. If I tell myself that I got lucky, I feel diminished. Maybe a better way to frame luck is by asking: what isn’t repeatable?”

2. Building a Rocket Engine from Scratch (28 min)

A deep dive describing the engineers' challenges and successes in designing, building, and testing rocket engines. The engines are designed to be simple, robust, and reusable.

3. 101 Additional Advices (14 min)

"There should be at least one thing in your life you enjoy despite being no good at it. This is your playtime, which will keep you young. Never apologize for it."

4. Jerry Seinfeld Says Movies Are Over. Here’s Why He Made One Anyway (22 min)

The comedian Jerry Seinfeld muses on craftsmanship, devotion, and dumbness in anticipation of his' 60s-inspired cereal rivalry film Unfrosted.

5. Magic machines (3 min)

Should you trust computers run by external services more than their own machines? Programmers sometimes mistakenly believe these external systems are like magic and never have problems.

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