[kqr]

So much this. Quantifying the cost of delay and prioritising the things that have a high cost of delay over duration (CD3) in order to get the most value out the quickest (even if that turns out to be paying off technical debt where accrued interest is the cost of delay) is the hallmark of a fantastic engineer (and product owner, and salesperson, and ...).

I've been missing this opinion in virtually every productivity discussion on HN the last few weeks, at least, but could never be bothered to write the comment. Thank you for taking the time!