Yet out in the world

'Unpolished, but polished enough to be ready by the deadline’

That’s the standard you want. That’s the sweet spot.

Anything more is superfluous, and once this standard is reached, it is your cue to start polishing the next project.

We can polish all we want, but it’ll just get more shiny. If the underlying work has been done, there’s not much use in sticking around.

Don’t polish it more than necessary.