A crisis can drive innovation. Being able to hold the software in your head at a high level because it is well architected can give you many ways out of a bad situation. Often you surprise yourself how easy a leap forward can be once you have no choice but to find a way! Many of these great ideas live in the back of your head and a crisis will force one to the surface. Solving a problem, in a beautiful way, when your back is against the wall is a rush, and thrill. Especially when you may have been the first to solve it that way.

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