Chapter 7. Engineering

Dosa, crepes, and pancakes—if you ask the connoisseurs, they will say they are vastly different products. If you ask the gastronomically advantaged, they would say these are from different regions or meant to be eaten at different times of the day. If you ask a child, she will say one is thin, one is fat, and one is in between. If you ask a hungry man, he will say they all are food.

Applications are like that as well. To the end user, it just serves a purpose. Whether I use Flipkart or Amazon is secondary to me. I am interested in purchasing a particular mobile phone. The site that helps me get it at the lowest price and the simplest manner is what I go with. I don’t ponder on how the website is created, how the product ...

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