Wouldn't put a kink in mine. I'd just carry on as usual. When I write code, I don't release it until it's been cleaned and refactored to my satisfaction. If a micromanaging boss wants to know my progress, the answer is simple. It's not done. He wants to know why, I'll tell him. I'm not happy with X class and I'm cleaning up the methods and reorganizing it. Should only take another hour.

If he starts getting 1984 on me and demanding I cut it short and deploy, then it's time for a closed-door meeting. He might be my boss, but he's not telling me how to do my job.