Build, Maintain, and Document

A note on the structures that outlast their creators.

For years, I delegated my oil changes; the upsales too. When I lived across the lot from Firestone, I let them take care of my automotive needs, completely. I walked over, handed them the keys, and returned whenever they'd call, to a freshly printed invoice, and a tuned-to-spec engine. I never bothered asking how many quarts my engine lost since I last …