We all know and love to quote Murphy’s Law: «Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.» However, just like the author of this short piece, I’ve used it as a fatalistic shrug after something had gone wrong. That’s not really what it’s about. It’s actually a framework for preventing things from going wrong.

From Weekly Filet #541, in September 2025.

In Murphy’s Law style, I had Murphy’s Law all wrong

In Murphy’s Law style, I had Murphy’s Law all wrong

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