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Love it. Back when I was managing development at a large corporate, I kept a box of pencils prominently on my desk.

For about 1/2 the small project requests that came to the department, the best for the task was not a database, not a new app screen, not some expensive workflow system, nothing on the cloud ... it was a pencil and a brain.

Sometimes a computer is a great tool. But many times it is overkill, expensive, and not appropriate.



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