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Discussion on: Delaying Decisions Until the Last Possible Moment

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Derek Hopper

The cost of double checking your thinking early on is so minor compared to dealing with the fallout later

That's a great way to put it. I find it's sometimes easy for me to get anxious taking a few days or a week to make what seems like a simple decision. It might feel simple at the time, but you're exactly right. There's a cost to double checking and a cost to living with that decision. Double checking is almost always cheaper. Oftentimes, what seems like a simple decision can spread rapidly throughout a code base to a point there's no turning back.