Joel Goh

Perfect is the enemy of done. Exercises in shipping.

About

Steve Jobs popularised the quote “stay hungry, stay foolish” which first appeared on the back cover of The Last Whole Earth Catalog in 1971. The Whole Earth Catalog (WEC) was a highly influential Californian counterculture magazine published by Stewart Brand. Steve described it as a kind of Google in paperback form.

“If it doesn’t ship, it doesn’t count […] Making a contribution isn’t possible until we ship the work.”

— Seth Godin


“Real artists ship.”

— Steve Jobs


“Quantity has a quality all its own.”

— popularised by Thomas A. Callaghan Jr.


“Work with the garage door up.”

— Robin Sloan


This personal website is an attempt to ship half-baked musings and works-in-progress. I am not an artist. But I do know i must ship; otherwise what’s the point.

Increasing my posting frequency would hopefully improve my learning rate. At the very least, shooting my shot more often might increase the number of successful posts.

Finally, a disclaimer to help me overcome my mental barrier of not shipping. All posts are drafts. They are my attempts at striving for elusive perfection.