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The Best Project π€¨ π« π @MikeMcQuaid
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me π
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Principal Engineer in Communities (GitHub Engineer 2013 β Present)
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Project Leader on Homebrew (Homebrew Maintainer 2009 β Present)
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the best project π
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avoiding legacy systems and building nicely from scratch β
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doing things right the first time and avoiding failure β
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well-staffed team with well-planned backlog of work β
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project result: π©
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ignorance π€¨
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you know everything
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you know everything nothing
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(How I Get Things Done) https://mmq.lol/how
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(G.K.) Chestertonβs Fence
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βthis fence is useless, letβs remove it!β π
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βthis fence was used for keeping sheep out, letβs remove it!β π
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βthis code is useless, letβs remove it!β π
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βthis code was used for keeping bots out, letβs remove it!β π
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βthis code was used for β¦.? letβs be carefulβ¦β π₯³
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incompetence π«
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do things right the first time
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do things wrong the first time
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https://timharford.com/2022/05/cautionary-tales- bless-the-coal-black-hearts-of-the-broadway-critics/
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do things right the tenth time
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you will fail
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you will fail privately
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you will fail publicly (unless privately)
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failing privately == low cost
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failing privately == low traffic
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failing publicly == high traffic
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insignificance π
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huge ship! π³
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huge team! π’
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huge scope! π
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huge risk! π£
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tiny ship! πΆ
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tiny team! π
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tiny scope! π¬
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tiny risk! π
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your MVP is not very M
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your MVP is not released yet
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the worst project π
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built on legacy systems with little understanding β
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shipping hacks to clean up later and failing early, often β
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under-staffed team doing unplanned and backlog work β
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project result: π₯³
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π« assumed ignorance π« expected incompetence π initial insignificance
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π§π assumed ignorance π§ expected incompetence π initial insignificance
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questions? π https://mmq.lol/best/ @MikeMcQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com