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therealadam.com/2024/06/14/finishing-is-the.html by @therealadam

Part of the skill of finishing is knowing ahead of time that you're forgetting the hard parts of the last %

I haven't figured out how to remind myself

When leading, I remember to pad. On personal projects or contracts I'm terrible at this.

I also haven't figured out how to describe the nebulous % to stakeholders

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Finishing is the skill

Previously: The only way to finish writing, planning, coding, designing, etc. is to do the thing. Rarely will new tools, larger scope, a different approach, another section, more tidy, or any other number of not doing the thing finish the job. Finishing is the skill. Finishing is The Way. Conjecture: the last 90% of a project is 90% of the effort because we rarely develop the skill of finishing.