50% done when the changes are easy. 90% done when the changes get very hard. 95% done when they get easy again.
Something is nearly done when (a) the changes get very small and (b) you back out a lot of them.
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counter example: my attempts at losing weight.
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What does back out a change mean?
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Revert or undo. He’s basically saying when most of your changes don’t have the positive effect you expect, the you’ve nearly perfected it.
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At that point, is the value-add of those changes worth the delay in releasing? What percentage of your users/readers will those changes affect? I find that up to about "85%", everyone agrees on changes. They're obvious. After that, seems like it's a lot of subjectivity?
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Nearly Done is the enemy of the Done.
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And the reverse: done is better than perfect
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But this is equally true when reaching capacity ceiling. Then the "something" could be in any stage and those 2 conditions would still be fulfilled (at least temporarily).
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