Pratik vishwakarma

Last week I spent two days polishing an edge case in a settings panel maybe 2% of users would ever hit. Meanwhile my onboarding flow still has a broken redirect I've been ignoring for a month.

I think it's a comfort thing, polishing a small, contained feature feels productive and safe. Fixing the core flow means touching stuff that's scary to break, so it keeps getting pushed down the list.

Lately I've been trying a dumb gut-check before every commit: "would a user even notice if I stopped right here?" If the honest answer is no, I stop and move to something that actually blocks someone.

Curious how you all draw that line, is it a rule, a gut feeling, or do you just ship when you're sick of looking at it?