I'm kind of a slacker responding to HN stuff, but here's what I'll say: Yeah, you're right, if shit isn't shipping, it's my fault. But. There are a variety o

I'm kind of a slacker responding to HN stuff, but here's what I'll say: Yeah, you're right, if shit isn't shipping, it's my fault. But. There are a variety of psychological profiles in computing, and they have various pluses and minuses. I need folks with kind of a... move fast and break things attitude. That's what I select for. Furthermore, the 80/20 rule is a super real thing and the last 1% until a project ships hurts real, real, real bad. There are people who can push through that and there are people who can't. Yeah, it's my fault we're not sipping tea as we ship, but I've been doing this a long time and I'm pretty good at it, and I can't make that pain stop. I just can't. I've been on teams that shipped and suffered, and I've been on teams that didn't ship. If somebody's cracked this code for me, man, throw me a bone. But while I'm always trying to do better, I also kind of have given up. I'll make it up to you on the other side, I promise, but it's gonna hurt a little pushing it out.