That's sound advice, but not foolproof, because of two things: (1) what seems, at first, to be a tiny project can turn out to be a big project. (2) with the r

That's sound advice, but not foolproof, because of two things: (1) what seems, at first, to be a tiny project can turn out to be a big project. (2) with the right mindset, what seems at first to be a large project can turn into a tiny project. And the confusing thing, when trying to reason about this and work more effectively, is that it isn't completely clear to what extent (1) and (2) aren't the same thing.