Are they really that fruitless, as a rule? As ck2 pointed out, the other side of this coin is "we skimped on design in favor of moving fast and shipping, and no

Are they really that fruitless, as a rule? As ck2 pointed out, the other side of this coin is "we skimped on design in favor of moving fast and shipping, and now we have an unfocused product with a janky architecture that will be near impossible to recover from because we've already launched." I'm the kind of person who exhibits that endless internal deliberation, so I fully understand the need to keep that in check. But, as is often the case, I think the key is finding balance and adjusting based on awareness of your own propensities.