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There is this emotion, not sure it has a name, which I am sure many engineers know -- when you prepare your system for a long time and then send it into the real world and watch it work...

You can feel it in this video, e.g when you see the crane fly away after accomplishing the mission.

If we don't have a name for this emotion yet, I hope the japanese or the germans invent one. :)



I'll just invent one: 'Funktionsfähigkeitsdemonstrationseuphorie'


Schöpferstolz. Schaffensfreude.


Now these points of data make a beautiful line

And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time


I think its similar enough to "closure" to re-use that word.


Pride


It feels like watching your kids accomplishing something difficult on their own. The fear of mortality is loosened a bit.


“It worked! On to the next task...”


Joy?




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