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IMO, the text is not about personal expression, but about "Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien." ("the better is the enemy of the good"; Voltaire), aka "real artists ship" (Jobs)

Most beginning programmers will see few, if any, bears on the road ahead of them. That makes it easier for them to just move to the goal line.

Of course, good expert programmers will be able to see which bears actually are on the road, and plan for evading them, and not any other bears.