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It mostly makes sense in the context of showcasing your work, be it for jobs or just because. Quality means basically nothing if you can't show it off, and obsessing over quality will prevent you from shipping.

Furthermore, who could ever be proud of a half finished project? If its cool enough to tell people about, you might as well finish a MVP.

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Yup it's the finishing that is hard. I started a fun project before xmas just for kicks. But I've yet to fire up the editor and get back into the zone, and finish it. So like much of my code, it will sit around in a half finished state and that's not really that much use to anyone else. Not that in this example it really was for anyone else. I'm always impressed and enthusiastic when people ship an MVP, even if it does have a few warts - as it shows staying power!

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