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public The Prepared Archive • 10 min read 2023-01-09 Spencer Wright on the residential construction industry, the perils of project management, and the naïveté of someone in their early twenties…
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The Prepared Archive • 10 min read 2022-11-28 Spencer Wright on the projects -- and tools -- that sustained him this year.…
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The Prepared Archive • 7 min read 2022-05-30 Spencer Wright on shared tool ownership, the intricacies of masonry repair, and listening to icebergs.…