---
title: "On lookups"
description: "You look for something for half an hour. A key, a cable, a document."
author: "Ghaith Ayadi"
site: "Verbatim"
collection: "Briefs"
url: "https://verbatim.ayadighaith.com/briefs/on-lookups"
date: 2026-09-15
updated: 2026-09-16
---
# On lookups

You look for something for half an hour. A key, a cable, a document.

And then all of a sudden you find it.

All findings are sudden.

it doesn't feel like finding the thing took half an hour.

it feels like you wasted half an hour on something and 1 minute finding it.