Consider: How do you handle the tension between quality and consistency?

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We’re told to “just ship it,” but also to “make it great.” Where do you draw the line? When do you prioritize polish, and when do you hit publish?

I had to learn—the way you learn to ride a bicycle: do it over and over, the “principle” of the thing doesn’t help you do the thing—that the tension is a good sign. Now when I feel the tension between quality and consistency I know I’m in the correct place.

This morning, I’m thinking about a rowing metaphor: One oar is quality and the other is consistency. Pull evenly and the boat goes straight-ish. Also, if you try to row too hard, you get exhausted. The best way to make long-term progress is to row these two things, in balance, at a sustainable pace.

What do you think?

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@craigconstantine Love the rowing metaphor.

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I appreciate the tension. In the episode I’m working on now is about our Cuba trip. Each step I take, I find a significant improvement I could make. The raw material includes an audio interview, images, video, music rehearsals, our culmination gig, and videos of the Havana Jazz Festival. When I was almost done assembling the video I used Claude to suggest titles and description. I really I missed the theme of handicap travel. So redoing. Now I’m considering how much of the gig video to include. Already spent weeks on it. I settled on that I don’t care about deadlines. They’re mine. Nobody cares.

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