There comes a point where you're only thinking and not doing. If your thinking is paralyzing you into taking no action that's "overthinking". Just do something even if it's wrong sometimes.
I think many of the commenters here are confusing overthinking projects (what the article is about[1]) and risks (not what the article is about).
Is it sensible to think long and hard about the behaviour of a strategy which trades real money in real markets? Yes.
Is it sensible to spend a week (or any time at all really) deciding if you should use an alpine base image in your docker container or something else? No.
1: "The result? Projects never materialize or are months behind schedule, and everybody is frustrated."
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There comes a point where you're only thinking and not doing. If your thinking is paralyzing you into taking no action that's "overthinking". Just do something even if it's wrong sometimes.
I think many of the commenters here are confusing overthinking projects (what the article is about[1]) and risks (not what the article is about).
Is it sensible to think long and hard about the behaviour of a strategy which trades real money in real markets? Yes.
Is it sensible to spend a week (or any time at all really) deciding if you should use an alpine base image in your docker container or something else? No.
1: "The result? Projects never materialize or are months behind schedule, and everybody is frustrated."