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Yes, chasing a platonic ideal is a good way of putting it. It's right there in the name: best practices. It's important to realize there aren't really any _best
by gilrain 14y ago
Yes, chasing a platonic ideal is a good way of putting it. It's right there in the name: best practices. It's important to realize there aren't really any _best_ practices. To actually start a project, we have to give ourselves permission (or straight up force ourselves) to use good, or maybe even just acceptable, practices and then polish from there.
- oz 14y agoI like how you phrase it: We need to give ourselves permission. I think that sometimes, we're afraid that someday "they" will discover the imperfections behind our code, infrastructure, etc. that lies beneath what we build. I suspect that ofttimes, the 'they' is really ourselves. A shame, really: The very thing that drives us to be the best ends up holding us back.