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The Good-Enough-Ometer

Polishing the same thing for the ninth time? Five blunt questions, one verdict: ship it, or one more pass.

Five blunt questions. One verdict. No gold stars for draft fourteen.

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Why "good enough" is a skill

Polishing feels like work, but it ships nothing. Past a certain point, every extra pass makes the thing one percent better and you ten percent tireder — and the version people remember is the one that exists, not the one you almost finished.

Do this now: whatever the meter said, do the move. Shipped beats perfect, because shipped is the only one of the two anyone ever sees.

Read how to define "done" before you start