Mind Like Water: PHP’s Stateless State
In karate there is an image that’s used to define the position of perfect readiness: “mind like water”.
– David Allen, Getting Things Done
I find web applications, scripts, fascinating. Like water their natural state is stateless. And like water they have no memory at all.
Every time you interact with a web application is its first time ever. Every single time is its first and only time.
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