Re:Ask HN: How do you handle the fear of complexity?
by MrLeftHand on Friday May 12, 2017 @05:43AM
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Another example I should mention here to prove the great value of Research.
I had a project years ago, was working alone on it. Took months to complete, but the whole application was a small disaster. Lots of small bugs and UX issues.
Made up my mind, sat down, rewrote the whole thing in two weeks. Was 70% better then the first version.
The lesson is that I could have spent a month or two with Research and create a clear goal, instead of writing an application from scratch with no clear goals, guidelines and milestones.
Could have saved a couple of months and lots of headaches. But I was fresh Dev back then and this is not taught in schools. Or at least it wasn't when I was there.
I had a project years ago, was working alone on it. Took months to complete, but the whole application was a small disaster. Lots of small bugs and UX issues.
Made up my mind, sat down, rewrote the whole thing in two weeks. Was 70% better then the first version.
The lesson is that I could have spent a month or two with Research and create a clear goal, instead of writing an application from scratch with no clear goals, guidelines and milestones.
Could have saved a couple of months and lots of headaches. But I was fresh Dev back then and this is not taught in schools. Or at least it wasn't when I was there.