I'm the author of the article, and while I was camping this hacker news post last night, I didn't want to be "one of those guys" that replies to everything instantly when it comes in.
Thank you everyone for whichever combination of Reading | Upvoting | Commenting you did.
Several of you have made some insightful points about how “attention to detail” can be a double edged sword.
In my experience, you don’t get to decide to ignore a detail as “insignificant” until you notice it in the first place. I chose my examples for novelty, not value, but I think the point still holds.
Noticing details, of any nature, is a separate event from deciding what to do with them. I was writing more to the former, at least I meant to :)
Thank you everyone for whichever combination of Reading | Upvoting | Commenting you did.
Several of you have made some insightful points about how “attention to detail” can be a double edged sword.
In my experience, you don’t get to decide to ignore a detail as “insignificant” until you notice it in the first place. I chose my examples for novelty, not value, but I think the point still holds.
Noticing details, of any nature, is a separate event from deciding what to do with them. I was writing more to the former, at least I meant to :)