BUILDER NOTES
Why aim for 97 instead of 100
A 100 may be the best answer for one specific moment. In a dynamic market, it can also make the product rigid.
A note on choosing a score you can keep hitting.
Static optimum
Correct for one moment, vulnerable to overfitting.
High trust
A level customers can continue to rely on.
Adaptation
Quality must be recalibrated as conditions change.
Repeatability
The operating loop matters more than one perfect artifact.
Why not aim for 100? Why aim for 97 instead? The answer is to avoid overfitting to one specific state. We are not living in a static world. We are living in a dynamic one.
The target should not be a static 100. It should be a 97 or 98 you can keep hitting as the environment changes.
A 100 may be the right answer for one moment. If the market moves next week, that same perfection can become a constraint.
The point is not to ship one perfect artifact. It is to keep producing work that customers can trust after the facts change.
Product quality is a moving target. The better team notices that the target moved, adjusts quickly, and still keeps the product useful.