"Half trash compactor, half empty." Composting; Overdesigning [Nice Replay]

#399 "Half trash compactor, half empty." Roundtable 2025.07.24 Ellen's back for a serendipitously in-sync pair of metacognition-rich roundtable topics. In this episode, Lydia shares a chapter from one of her favorite books and tries to explain ganache while Stephen laments how easy it is to duct tape on features instead of solving problems. Together they discover four brains are better than one when it comes to figuring out how to get out of your head.  Composting 0:09:56 Lydia Symchych Misc. Writing Down the Bones  -  Natalie Goldberg Bonbon  -  Wikipedia The Croissant Express diner mentioned in the book, formerly located on the corner of the Uptown Theater building. Overdesigning 0:36:00 Stephen McGregor Game Design Mural Miro via. "Writing at Night: Lewis Carroll, John Milton, and Me" by Mike Mason. https://www.mikemasonbooks.com/writing-at-night-lewis-carroll-john-milton-and-me/