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Rereading the transcript is part of solving it

October 28, 2026

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Is every minute spent rereading a transcript a minute not spent solving the problem? I might take a little bit of issue with that.

Casey Hawkins said it well: "you can't solve the problem without knowing." And when context shifts your understanding, you read the transcript again, "oh, that's what they meant there." That's where human judgment, nuance and taste start to come into play.

"You can't read between the lines unless you have lines to look at."

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