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Your estimates suck

dhh blog · 2022-12-08

Humans are terrible at estimating anything complicated that involves novel attempts at problem solving. So getting out of estimates and into

"Humans are terrible at estimating anything complicated that involves novel attempts at problem solving. So getting out of estimates and into appetites is the single most important thing we have done. You don’t cut corners or quality, you cut scope." https://37signals.com/podcast/your-estimates-suck/

dhh twitter · 2022-12-08

"Humans are terrible at estimating anything complicated that involves novel attempts at problem solving. So getting out of estimates and int