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A good mentor told me once not to let 'perfect' be the enemy of 'good'. At the time I thought it was clever but it didn't really hit home until year 10 or 15. I
by aliqot 4y ago
A good mentor told me once not to let 'perfect' be the enemy of 'good'. At the time I thought it was clever but it didn't really hit home until year 10 or 15. I did a lot of things that made no difference to the user, but to me was finesse.
- happytoexplain 4y agoIt's definitely a good thing to keep in mind. Perfectionism is a real danger. However, do note that there are entire categories of code quality worth keeping up that make no difference to users now. A simple example would be maintainability (whatever that means in each case).