When I was a kid, one of my favorite folk tales was about stone soup. It went like this.<\/p>\n
One day a peddler arrived in a little village, set up a large pot with water, and built a fire to boil the water. There was nothing else in the pot but a large stone.<\/p>\n
Curious villagers asked what he was doing. “I’m making stone soup,” he said. “You see, this is a magic stone, which turns ordinary water into delicious soup.”<\/p>\n
“Can I try some?” the villagers asked. “Sure,” he said, “but you have to contribute something.”<\/p>\n
One villager brought some carrots, another brought onions, and his neighbor brought potatoes. Everybody wanted to try this magical soup, so they were eager to contribute.<\/p>\n
At last the stone soup came to a boil, and the peddler was happy to share it — there was plenty to go around. Everyone marveled at the delicious taste. “To think,” they said, “all of this from a little piece of stone!”<\/p>\n
When I show demos that I have built, it’s pretty much the same thing. People enjoy my demos, and they make wonderful little suggestions, which I promptly add into the soup.<\/p>\n
The rest is magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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