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This is the golden rule of software dev too - promise features or promise a release date, but never both.

• avip 7y ago
  Be conservative in what will be delivered, and liberal with when it'll be delivered.
  • rightbyte 7y ago
    Does 'a liberal' overestimate or underestimate the time needed here?
    • amyassin 7y ago
      I think the liberty meant here is not estimating anything :)
• c0nducktr 7y ago
  Be a bullshit artist?
  • p1necone 7y ago
    Not making promises you can't keep is being a bullshit artist?
    • Dylan16807 7y ago
      Talking extensively about how wonderful your product will be without ever making any promises whatsoever is the work of a bullshit artist. If you can't keep promises, and don't want to bullshit, then talk more about what the product already does.
      • themoat 7y ago
        I can have this major feature done for you, but I'm not sure if it can be done in 2 months, so I say 3 to be conservative. OR I can have many small sub-features that relate to this major feature done in 2 months, but I might know exactly which features make the cut in those 2 months. Seems congruous to me
        • Dylan16807 7y ago
          Both of those are promising specific things with a specific timeframe.
• misterman0 7y ago
  "promise features or promise a release date, but never both" I agree and it's such a golden rule that no one follows or cares about even the slightest. Features and deadlines are to SE like velocities and positions are to QM. This idea more thoroughly described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21212087 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21212087