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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by krylon on Friday November 17, 2017 @04:53AM (#15720613)
Many years ago, I heard a politician give a speech, and he used a phrase there (I am translating from German, so it might sound a little clumsy): The worst enemy of Good is Better.

Over time, I have come to believe that the worst enemy of Better is "Good Enough".

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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by Itaxpica on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:42AM (#15720859)
A comparable English expression is “the perfect is the enemy of the good”, which I think every software engineer should have engraved on to their monitors as a reminder.
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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by pbhjpbhj on Friday November 17, 2017 @08:34AM (#15721811)
A slightly different twist, but also a popular idiom, is that "excellence is good enough".

[I'm frantically resisting the urge to redraft that sentence]

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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:54AM (#15720920)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better
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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by abritinthebay on Friday November 17, 2017 @10:59AM (#15723029)
The common English idiom I’ve heard that is similar to the 2nd one is “‘Good Enough’ never is”, which is grammatically a bit strange but a fun one.
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