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Re:Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit) by far33d on Friday August 31, 2007 @03:01PM (#48868)
Good point - "release early, release often" is also a quest to perfectionism, but is a public quest. You have your users determine what is perfect, what directions to go in.

Holding something to yourself until it is "perfect" is a solo quest. You may spend too much time on the wrong things and no time on the right things. But you also won't release something that is completely broken.

Re:Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit) by omouse on Friday August 31, 2007 @04:03PM (#48926)
"You may spend too much time on the wrong things and no time on the right things."

Aha, now we know what to call that solo quest for perfection: premature optimization.