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@@ -84,19 +84,21 @@ bug. That is when the developer must dig deeper to see the \emph{what} and the
the framework is doing. You will need to read other engineers' source code, and you will be forced
to understand \emph{why} things are happening.
Being unhappy with what I~was baking, my engineering mindset took over, and I~had
to do my own deep dive to understand what was going on. Much to my surprise, however,
none of the recipes I'd encountered would tell me \emph{why} I~should use amount X
of water and amount Y of flour, or \emph{why} exactly I~should use fresh yeast over dry yeast. Why
should I~slap my dough while kneading it on the counter? Why is a standmixer
better than kneading by hand? Why should I~let the dough sit for this long?
Why is steaming the dough during baking important? Do I~really need to
get myself an expensive Dutch oven to bake bread?
The problem compounded when I~started reading about sourdough. It all sounded like black
magic. Why were some sourdoughs made from fruits, while others were made from flour?
Why should one recipe use wheat while another used rye or spelt? How often should the
sourdough be fed? The questions I~had then could have filled 20~pages. I~was confused,
but I~became even more determined to learn how decent bread should be made at home.
Being unhappy with what I~was baking, my engineering mindset took over, and
I~had to do my own deep dive to understand what was going on. Much to my
surprise, however, none of the recipes I'd encountered would tell me
\emph{why} I~should use amount $X$ of water and amount $Y$ of flour, or
\emph{why} exactly I~should use fresh yeast over dry yeast. Why should I~slap
my dough while kneading it on the counter? Why is a stand mixer better than
kneading by hand? Why should I~let the dough sit for this long? Why is
steaming the dough during baking important? Do I~really need to get myself an
expensive Dutch oven to bake bread? The problem compounded when I~started
reading about sourdough. It all sounded like black magic. Why were some
sourdoughs made from fruits, while others were made from flour? Why should
one recipe use wheat while another used rye or spelt? How often should the
sourdough be fed? The questions I~had then could have filled 20~pages. I~was
confused, but I~became even more determined to learn how decent bread should
be made at home.
The feedback I~received from friends helped me to improve with each
iteration of homemade bread. Compared to coding, where you sometimes have to wait months