I’ll start with the escapement – it’s the heart of any timepiece. It releases the wheel in a precise, controlled pulse, so the gear train moves step‑by‑step. The balance wheel oscillates, and the escape wheel catches and releases, giving you that regular tick. It’s a finely tuned balance of friction, impulse, and inertia. If we map that to a system design, the escapement is like a scheduler that guarantees a predictable cadence. Each task gets a controlled release, preventing chaos. In my ideal system, I’d use the same principle: a deterministic clock that forces work into discrete, well‑timed intervals. It keeps the whole architecture from becoming a tangled mess. That’s the exactness I love.