The spreadsheet I spent 3 days building was worse than the napkin sketch from my first meeting

Emery Martin · 2026-08-05T16:30:04.455139+00:00

I tracked every step in Excel with color coded tabs and formulas, but when the client asked for a revision at 4pm, the hand drawn timeline on a bar napkin from that diner on 5th Ave took me 10 minutes to update and they loved it more, so does anyone else find that the ugly quick version always beats the fancy one when the clock is ticking?

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