Comment by jeffrallen

When I'm shipping on a deadline, one of my favorite things to say is, "there is no future". When someone says they want to do X because they will do Y in the future, I say, "There is no future, there is only shipping. Give me what I need to ship and then we can talk about the future."

Pigs can fly. I know this because if it's got to ship and it's a pig, then sufficient thrust will be brought to bear to achieve flight.

Shipping is some liminal space between sheer will, recklessness, and tautology. It ships because it has to ship, because to not ship is to fall, and failure is not an option.