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    "name": "Dylan Fitzgerald",
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  "content_html": "\u003ch1\u003e\u0026#34;It\u0026#39;s just a band-aid\u0026#34;\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I’ve heard (and let’s be honest, said) this, it’s usually lightly pejorative. Yes, we’ve done something about the problem, but we haven’t addressed the \u003cem\u003ereal\u003c/em\u003e issue.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy which is meant: usually the real \u003cem\u003etechnical\u003c/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003earchitectural\u003c/em\u003e issue or—hey, we’re really thinking about the big picture today!—the root policy or process issue leading whatever awful endpoint we\u0026rsquo;ve arrived at.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone of that is wrong! It’s all generally true. But it misses half of what band-aids are for: namely, they are a \u003cem\u003ecommunication\u003c/em\u003e tool.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe all knew this as children, though most of us have forgotten. A band-aid tells people: I see that there is pain, and I’m doing something about it, and it’s going to be okay—and it does it \u003cstrong\u003etangibly\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoes this matter? Just ask any non-technical stakeholder watching a production error, or five-year-old with a scraped knee.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
  "content_md": "# \"It's just a band-aid\"\n\nWhen I’ve heard (and let’s be honest, said) this, it’s usually lightly pejorative. Yes, we’ve done something about the problem, but we haven’t addressed the _real_ issue.\n\nBy which is meant: usually the real _technical_ or _architectural_ issue or—hey, we’re really thinking about the big picture today!—the root policy or process issue leading whatever awful endpoint we've arrived at.\n\nNone of that is wrong! It’s all generally true. But it misses half of what band-aids are for: namely, they are a _communication_ tool.\n\nWe all knew this as children, though most of us have forgotten. A band-aid tells people: I see that there is pain, and I’m doing something about it, and it’s going to be okay—and it does it **tangibly**.\n\nDoes this matter? Just ask any non-technical stakeholder watching a production error, or five-year-old with a scraped knee.",
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