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;<small>Holder of the skeleton key.</small>

;Upgraded to level <~~small~~>7</~~small~~>

;Upgraded to level <big>9</big>

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf-_bRjZ38U The Decider]

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Figure it out mentality.

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::KenshiDBdotWiki@gmail.com

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[~~https~~:~~//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbCIsCgrD-E Right on time.~~]

:[[Project:Realpolitik|Realpolitik, World Revisions]]

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~~Defer to [~~https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/~~User~~:~~Tim_Starling_(WMF)]~~

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Job_queue/For_developers

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgJobTypeConf

*Modding is not just about creating a cool black box for others to ~~enjoy~~. ~~The same ideas which enabled the tinkering should be carried forward~~ and ~~furthered to enable those who come after~~. ~~Everyone stands on the shoulders~~ of ~~giants~~, ~~seen~~ and ~~unseen~~, ~~known~~ and ~~unknown, they are there~~.

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Backend_performance_practices

*Complexity for the ~~sake thereof~~ is ~~never desirable. Complexity because of~~ a ~~lack~~ of ~~alternatives is usually because of need or a lack of a ''better'' answer~~. ~~In such cases it's upon~~ the ~~creator~~ to ~~offer insight beyond~~ the ~~veil of abstraction~~ and ~~obtuse systems design~~.

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Database_transactions

*If you can't ~~explain~~ it ~~then you can~~'~~t expect someone else to understand it (as you do)~~. ~~Remember how the bicycle of the mind works~~.

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Job_table

*So, in brief: It'~~s not~~ good enough to merely do - for if there is nothing learned then there is nothing truly gained. Build a foundation of sand and watch it wash away with the mere passage of time. The bigger the work, the bigger the ask. Such things are necessary.

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Database_layout

:https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Database_layout/diagram&action=render

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EventLogging

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EventLogging/Guide

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EventLogging/Programming

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_guidelines

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Performance/Metrics#Save_Timing

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Backend_performance_practices#Long-running_queries

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Frontend_performance_practices

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_at_WMF#Timeouts

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Infographics

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/PHP_optimisation_tips

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Architecture

:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Developing_with_ResourceLoader

:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Measure_frontend_performance

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;Lessons I've learned

:# Never expect others to help you. You are completely on your own from idea creation to execution and implementation.

:# This includes anything from both discovery of & grasping concepts, software/package intricacies, concurrency conflicts up and down the stack, race conditions, debugging scenarios, error tracking etc. It is entirely upon you to solve your problems - and sometimes other people's problems become your own to solve. Deal with it.

:# There is no wisdom in the notion "don't reinvent the wheel" when spoken with respect to systems architecture which is akin to a pile of dirt. These are not wheels, they are at best the tread to the tire and little more. Reinvent to fix the undeniably bad. Don't stick with incompetency merely because it's popular.

:# Problems are global, solutions are local.

:# No feature outweighs its performance needs. "Working" isn't good enough.

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 ;<small>Holder of the skeleton key.</small>
-;Upgraded to level <small>7</small>
+;Upgraded to level <big>9</big>
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf-_bRjZ38U The Decider]
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 Figure it out mentality.
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 ::KenshiDBdotWiki@gmail.com
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-[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbCIsCgrD-E Right on time.]
+:[[Project:Realpolitik|Realpolitik, World Revisions]]
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-Defer to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Tim_Starling_(WMF)]
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Job_queue/For_developers
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgJobTypeConf
-*Modding is not just about creating a cool black box for others to enjoy. The same ideas which enabled the tinkering should be carried forward and furthered to enable those who come after. Everyone stands on the shoulders of giants, seen and unseen, known and unknown, they are there.
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Backend_performance_practices
-*Complexity for the sake thereof is never desirable. Complexity because of a lack of alternatives is usually because of need or a lack of a ''better'' answer. In such cases it's upon the creator to offer insight beyond the veil of abstraction and obtuse systems design.
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Database_transactions
-*If you can't explain it then you can't expect someone else to understand it (as you do). Remember how the bicycle of the mind works.
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Job_table
-*So, in brief: It's not good enough to merely do - for if there is nothing learned then there is nothing truly gained. Build a foundation of sand and watch it wash away with the mere passage of time. The bigger the work, the bigger the ask. Such things are necessary.
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Database_layout
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:Database_layout/diagram&action=render
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EventLogging
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EventLogging/Guide
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EventLogging/Programming
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_guidelines
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Performance/Metrics#Save_Timing
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Backend_performance_practices#Long-running_queries
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Frontend_performance_practices
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_at_WMF#Timeouts
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Infographics
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/PHP_optimisation_tips
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Architecture
+:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Developing_with_ResourceLoader
+:https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Engineering/Guides/Measure_frontend_performance
+----
+;Lessons I've learned
+:# Never expect others to help you. You are completely on your own from idea creation to execution and implementation.
+:# This includes anything from both discovery of & grasping concepts, software/package intricacies, concurrency conflicts up and down the stack, race conditions, debugging scenarios, error tracking etc. It is entirely upon you to solve your problems - and sometimes other people's problems become your own to solve. Deal with it.
+:# There is no wisdom in the notion "don't reinvent the wheel" when spoken with respect to systems architecture which is akin to a pile of dirt. These are not wheels, they are at best the tread to the tire and little more. Reinvent to fix the undeniably bad. Don't stick with incompetency merely because it's popular.
+:# Problems are global, solutions are local.
+:#  No feature outweighs its performance needs. "Working" isn't good enough.