Legendary bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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[–] 17 points 1 day ago

When I was a software pm I loved being able to tell someone "you nailed it that's awesome can't wait to show this to [person relevant to their review packet]!"

That's the value that the engineers wanted me to add.

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