This is solid insight. Particularly the part about letting go. For software, if one decides to solve a problem, it's easy to transition from making a birdhouse to becoming deeply invested in the mating habits of swallows.
In addition, I find when I start these projects from a place of hubris ("there couldn't possibly be a reason we transfer 10MB before every build"), I find myself consistently humbled. It's Chesterton's Fences built out of other, smaller Chesterton's Fences. The shape of the system is arbitrary but not meaningless.
In addition, I find when I start these projects from a place of hubris ("there couldn't possibly be a reason we transfer 10MB before every build"), I find myself consistently humbled. It's Chesterton's Fences built out of other, smaller Chesterton's Fences. The shape of the system is arbitrary but not meaningless.