That's such a great way to put it. You hit the nail on the head. For the rare exceptions to this, you better be damn sure it's worth the time, and that you really need it. Because if you think about it some more, you will probably discover you're better off not doing it at all.
I've had a few tasks like this that we just ended up scrapping, even after several weeks of work, because we found we didn't need the monstrosity of a feature as much as we thought we did.
I've had a few tasks like this that we just ended up scrapping, even after several weeks of work, because we found we didn't need the monstrosity of a feature as much as we thought we did.