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 	- did something with [[a pattern language]] ~1y ago
 	- it just seems like previous reading wouldn't help learning how to write your own patterns?
 		- [[jonathan]] what would you recommend?
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+		- the ideological component sometimes doesn't resonate; the patterns themselves, which can be used and changed regardless of ideology, seem more generally useful 
 - [[armengol]]
 	- pattern: 
 - [[jonathan]]