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Oof. Exactly. Simple things get complicated when you find out that there were unstated requirements, hidden booby traps, etc. And then there's random interrupts -- unrelated stuff that comes up and takes your time and focus. If you run a lean ship then interrupt management is critical, but ideally you can have a few people who are understood to take critical interrupts and thus their schedules will slip.


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