There's no such thing as perfection—only tradeoffs

The text discusses how the pursuit of perfection can lead to creating a monster by trying to do everything, resulting in overlapping costs outweighing benefits. It highlights the importance of acknowledging tradeoffs and being complexity neutral, rather than trying to make something beautiful to everyone. The author shares their experience working at Zapier, where they've made changes to reduce interdependencies between teams and prioritize making explicit tradeoffs. They emphasize that perfection cannot be reached, and that accepting this reality is crucial for making progress.