My north-facing window is perfect for ferns, who knew?

I used to avoid putting plants in my north-facing window because I thought it was too dark. On a whim, I tried a Boston fern there last year. It not only survived but started putting out new fronds like crazy. Now I've added a couple more fern types and they're all thriving. It's made me realize that some plants prefer indirect light more than I assumed, and I'm telling all my plant friends about it.

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ben_mason947mo ago

Always funny when the obvious fix gets overlooked for so long.

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the_nina7mo ago

What if the fix only looks obvious after someone points it out? Hindsight makes everything seem clear, but in the moment, teams are often swamped with other fires to put out. @ben_mason94, maybe they had to rule out harder solutions first because of dumb rules or past mistakes. Stuff like tight budgets, legacy code, or boss demands can totally blind you to the easy answer. It's cheap to call it obvious when you weren't the one stuck in the daily grind. That delay probably happened for a bunch of messy reasons we don't see.

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bennett.riley7mo ago

Three teams at my old company missed a simple API fix for months. They were stuck with legacy code and tight deadlines, so they kept adding patches. Tbh, looking back makes it seem easy, but when you're in the mess, you're just trying to survive.

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