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Kudos on taking the risk to release a bit later and delivering something that meets your higher standards, that's going against accepted business wisdom but it is only because 'everybody else releases barely functional crap too' that that became the norm for competition.

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I get a vision in my head of what the software should be and I'm compelled as though by force to make it match the vision. I don't seem to have much choice.

That's not usually the reason to ship early. Common wisdom is to ship early because it's very possible that you do not have a good understanding of the problem you are trying to solve, or how your users will use your solution. The only way to find a better understanding is to release your product and see how it does. It is usually efficient to find this information out before you spend time polishing the wrong parts of the solution.

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