Answering Listener Questions: Jean Michel asks about avoiding bike shedding

In today's episode, I answer listener Jean Michel's question about bikeshedding. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode: Spec Slack community Dev Tea episodes on Focus: Focus Three tips for practicing focus Today's episode is sponsored by Linode! Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code DeveloperTea20 at checkout for a $20 credit towards your cloud hosting account! Thanks again to Linode for your support of Developer Tea. And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes.

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