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That time my uncle told me to stop overcomplicating my code
Uncle Mike has been a dev since the 90s and he watched me struggling with a Python script I was trying to make "perfect." He just said "write the dumb version first, make it work, then fix it later" and I ignored him for like three weeks until my project got stuck. Has anyone else had a stubborn phase where you refused to take simple advice and it cost you a bunch of time?
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christopher_craig1mo ago
Nah man, my buddy spent two weeks rebuilding a bash script from scratch before his coworker showed him a one-line fix.
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seth_martinez211mo ago
Two weeks rebuilding a bash script? Sounds like a vacation compared to my "perfect" code phase lol.
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michael_jones1mo ago
That perfectionist trap hits everywhere though... spent way too long rearranging my garage shelves last month trying to get it "just right" before my neighbor just grabbed a spare bin and made it work in ten minutes. Kinda makes you realize how often we overcomplicate things looking for an ideal that doesn't exist.
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