“Getting Over It Developer Reacts to 1 Minute 24 Second Speedrun”, Bennett Foddy2020-01-11 (computer security; backlinks)⁠:

…A game designer painstakingly carves a beautiful sculpture out of wood, first chiseling it out of a raw block, and then gradually rounding off any rough edges, making sure it works when it’s viewed from any angle.

The speedrunner takes that sculpture and they look it over carefully, from top to bottom, from every angle, and deeply understand it. They appreciate all the work that went into the design, all the strengths or the weak points, and then, having understood it perfectly, they break it over their knee.

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