[maxxxxx]

For example I have worked on a way to launch a process in Windows with certain privileges from a service. It's a little unusual but important for the way our software works and right now the lack of this capability creates the need for a lot of clunky workarounds. Based on my reading of some Windows APIs I suspected we could make this work but it took 12 weeks to actually make it work. There was no guarantee of success either and there were no intermediate results.

[magnusss]

Great example, thank you. Sounds like you had a fun 12 weeks :-).

[maxxxxx]

I would call it a roller coaster :) with going back and forth from "why the hell did I sign up for this?" To "hey this may really work".

I always tell people that any good project has to have a time of deep depression where you deeply regret getting into it.