Factoring code and reflecting on thoughts both give you leverage.

· Bits and Bobs 8/10/26
  • Factoring code and reflecting on thoughts both give you leverage.
    • It's never valuable in the short-term.
      • The cost is short-term, the benefit is long-term.
      • It's important but never urgent.
    • In the short-term, you feel like you're stealing time from the grind of creating value and instead navelgazing.
      • Self-indulgent.
    • But factoring things properly gives you leverage; now every similar action in the future is cheaper and more robust.
    • You pay the cost once, but you get the benefit for all future actions.
    • That's leverage, and can deliver a compounding benefit.