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Except software is never finished. If you publish something, there's a tacit expectation that you'll return to it, and it'll never be truly behind you. Rest a
by mkoubaa 3y ago
Except software is never finished. If you publish something, there's a tacit expectation that you'll return to it, and it'll never be truly behind you.
Rest assured, the only way that returning to a finished project takes more mental bandwidth than the guilt of never finishing it is if it's wildly successful. And that's a good problem to have
- aarondf 3y agoTotally! I referenced that near the end: > Sometimes finishing is just the beginning: You release the library, the package, the SaaS product, and your work is really just beginning. Users have issues, customers have feedback, and dependencies need upgrading. In some sense, there is no finished software; there is only released software.