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Re:Code Fearlessly by Aaronontheweb on Thursday December 02, 2010 @07:49PM (#1964343)
I struggle with perfectionism, which is a major productivity killer for developers and a death knell for startups.

I've adopted a specific mindset in order to push my perfectionistic tendencies aside - I call it "ship shit" - which means the focus is on shipping something out the door even if it is complete and utter shit; ship it with the understanding that you can make it better later.

Re:Code Fearlessly by nlawalker on Friday December 03, 2010 @01:10AM (#1964952)
Yeah, that's where I'm headed too. I'm starting to see the value of a "get it done" mentality. I need to find my satisfaction from shipping stuff that solves problems, even if it isn't necessarily a picturesque masterpiece of patterns and design.
Re:Code Fearlessly by dholowiski on Friday December 03, 2010 @10:18AM (#1966096)
"ship shit" I'm going to add this to my bucket of phrases like "don't worry be crappy" , "fail fast and often" etc.