{"id":494405,"date":"2025-09-04T00:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.devstacktips.com\/development\/2025\/09\/04\/estimates-are-more-valuable-than-you-think\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T00:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:35:29","slug":"estimates-are-more-valuable-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.devstacktips.com\/web-development\/2025\/09\/04\/estimates-are-more-valuable-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimates Are More Valuable Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-md pb-4\">I know estimates have a bad reputation. Most engineers hear \u201cestimate\u201d and immediately think of micromanagement, unrealistic deadlines, and that manager who asks \u201cis it done yet?\u201d every few hours. I\u2019ve seen teams reflexively pad their numbers by 3x just to avoid the inevitable disappointment when reality doesn\u2019t match the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/webdesignernews.com\/estimates-are-more-valuable-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know estimates have a bad reputation. 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