Yeen Bayo

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Ship the Embarrassing Version

Chapter 2 · 1 min read

Ship the Embarrassing Version

If the first version does not embarrass you, you shipped too late.

Polish is a form of hiding. The unfinished thing in your head is always perfect; that is exactly why it is worthless. Value only appears when the work leaves you and meets the world.

Ship the embarrassing version. Then improve it in public, where the feedback is real and the stakes are finally honest.