# Focus and followthrough are the moat

DevFeed: [Focus and followthrough are the moat](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/focus-and-followthrough-are-the-moat-37621.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://swizec.com/blog/focus-and-followthrough-are-the-moat>)

Author: hi@swizec.com (Swizec Teller)

Published: 2026-08-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Swizec Teller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/swizec-teller.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [SRE](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sre.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [focus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/focus.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>), [sre](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sre.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece about how a small startup team uses focus, sprint planning, prioritization, and regular stakeholder communication to finish work despite having more requests than capacity.

## Source excerpt

Because starting is easy and finishing is hard.