In my experience, pople like to use their time and expend effort to research the optimal solution instead of implementing any solution, ignoring the waste cost of their research and ignoring that "research" is a sneaky way to avoid expending effort on making progress.

That describes 95% of web front-end programmers I have ever known -- and I wish I could do something about it.

'Resistance' as Steven Pressfield would call it. Highly recommend 'The War of Art' to all.

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I know HN frowns on 'me to' posts, but I'll take the hit for this one - this is an excellent book, and I recommend it, too.

"Me, too" is frowned upon because it doesn't add much of substance to the conversation, yet feels like a contribution. Adding specifics about why you like it, providing relevant details, not only conveys your recommendation, but also is a beneficial contribution to the discussion.

Let me add then that it is less of a feel good book and more of a practical book.

It focuses on things you can do something about like getting started in time.

At the same time it is easy to read so I actually finished it.

I do that with photography. Spending hours reading reviews instead of going out taking pictures.

Find a photo you like, replicate it.

Rinse and repeat. (Eventually you'll build up enough skill to be able to do something unique, or a mashup, yourself.)

Exercise isn't 'fire and forget' - you're supposed to do it all your life. Nothing wrong with a bit of research ahead of time here.

This is called "maximizers vs satisficers". They each have their place.