[gravypod]

The manager asks the developer "how long is this project going to take you?" and the developer replies "2 weeks." The manager yells "That's unacceptable! How long will it take you if I give you another engineer?" to which the developer says "4 weeks." The manager asks again "Fine, take as many resources as you need. How long if I give you 100 engineers." to which the developer replies "it'll only take us 30 years to finish the design and after that it'll pretty much be smooth sailing!"

jackpot51 describes himself in his bio as a "BDFL of Redox OS" which means he's likely personally passionate and just does what he thinks is best. This will likely not lead to a better outcome than Herd and Fuchsia would lead to but it will lead to an outcome within our lifetimes.

In many cases, however, "working" is better than "planned"