I'm making a point to be careful what I allow into my backlog. If realistically we're not going to do it, it doesn't belong in the backlog. There are a lot of things I want to do that are not in the backlog because I know realistically they're just not worth it. Even with AI where you are not using your monthly token allowance, there are still a lot of things not worth doing.

Just this week I was thinking about an idea that would improve builds, let's do that refactoring. However, as I started looking into the amount of work I would require to get it done, I realized that, yes, it would be an improvement to our builds, but the cost of getting the work done is greater than the improvement is worth, and so I'm not going to go forward with it. It's too bad there are a number of annoyances that I'm going to be living with because it's not worth fixing. But that is the reality of life. I need to do things that will ultimately satisfy our customers that keep coming back and paying us more money.