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Maia Bittner @maiab CTO/Co-founder

Nails not wood: focus on building, not writing code

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My lightning talk for Women Who Code on how I built RocksBox: leveraged my time by focusing on connecting SASS & opensource software together rather than rewriting that functionality myself.

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Maia Bittner@maiab

CTO/Co-founder

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nailsnot

wood

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•know how to•hard to find existing solutions

•cheap•fast•feels good / fun

but it’s so tempting to build yourself!

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•… actually faster•… actually cheaper•more secure•more performant

temptations lead you astray

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