The Courage to Question
The most profound innovation often comes not from building better implementations, but from questioning whether the implementation itself is necessary. By challenging assumed requirements rather than optimising their delivery, we discover simpler, more effective solutions beyond conventional paradigms.
When we transcend the framework debates to ask "do we even need a website for this?", we enter a realm of greater possibility. The truly valuable question isn't which tools to use, but whether the tool itself serves a genuine purpose.
This principle extends far beyond technology. In every domain, we habitually build complex solutions atop presumed needs, rarely pausing to examine those needs themselves. Yet often the most elegant answer isn't a better version of the expected solution, but a fundamentally different approach—or sometimes, no implementation at all.
The willingness to step back and question foundational assumptions—to seek the simplest means to achieve the actual goal rather than the presumed one—distinguishes transformative thinking from mere iteration. This requires intellectual courage: the fortitude to challenge not just how we build, but what and why we build at all.