Technique

Issue 158: How repetition leads to greatness

Growing up, I wanted to be an artist. It looked a lot different than what I expected. I thought it would be creating paintings that you'd see at St. Peter's Basilica, eventually getting to the level of craftsmanship at the level of the Baroque greats like Bernini or Caravaggio. Instead, I make software. Even more abstractly, I work with teams to make so…