Comment by jon_black

I couldn't agree more. In fact, I wrote about this myself a while ago: https://www.jonblack.me/perfection_and_procrastination/

I'm also reading a book at the moment about the history of prime numbers. Both Gauss and Reimann were such perfectionists that they didn't publish (not archive) proofs they claimed to have. There is evidence they knew much more than they let on because it wasn't up to their high standards.