Someone recently said on IRC “You’re a machine!”. This was intended as a compliment on the speed of my work and I took it as such (compliments are nice!). But it somehow stuck in my head and now it wants to get out. It’s Friday and I am winding down for the weekend, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Machines A machine is, generally speaking, something made for a purpose. It is a good machine if it does that whenever we want it to. Bonus points for speed and efficiency.