Sunk cost is a liar. In this one I talk about deleting eight months of work — twice — and why that turned out to be the most useful thing I did all year. We get into refactoring guilt, knowing when a rewrite is wisdom vs. procrastination, and the small reframe that finally let me ship.

Throwing code away isn’t failure. It’s tuition — and I’d already paid it.

If you’ve ever stared at a codebase you’ve outgrown and felt trapped by the hours you sank into it, this episode is for you. No hustle-culture pep talk — just an honest postmortem from someone learning in public.