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On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 00:17 -0700, david@lang.hm wrote:

> over the long term, the work lost due to not moving optimally right away 
> is probably much less than the work lost due to trying to figure out the 
> perfect thing to do.

Yeah, "Perfect is the enemy of good" definitely applies.  Once you're
ramped, less is more.

-Mike