High Standards Begin With Bare Minimum Standards
Everyone (rightfully so!) wants high standards. We admire craftsmanship, discipline, and excellence. In fact, we encourage others to push harder and aim higher. In the early days of my first real startup, our code base was a mess, and every single pull request was a disaster. A total dumpster fire, honestly. We all wanted high standards, but we were absolutely drowning in not even having a floor. We had to learn the hard way - before you can aim for excellence, you have to define the bare minimum ruthlessly.