Ask HN: What has made you a better problem solver in software engineering?

Re:Ask HN: What has made you a better problem solver in soft... by archeantus on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:35PM (#21659673)

Things got a lot better for me when I realized almost nobody gets to the best solution on the first try.

Cobble together an ugly and hacky solution that you can confirm solves the problem, then iterate and iterate until you clean it up well enough to ship it.

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Re:Ask HN: What has made you a better problem solver in soft... by throes_death on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:50PM (#21659766)

I think Kent Beck said it best: Make it work. Make it right. Make it fast.

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Re:Ask HN: What has made you a better problem solver in soft... by gHosts on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:59PM (#21659825)

I will add one precursor for those stuck in analysis paralysis....

Make it.

You can't make it work if you haven't made anything.

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Re:Ask HN: What has made you a better problem solver in soft... by patrickthebold on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:42PM (#21659712)

Or just ship it, and write a ticket to clean things up 'later'.

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Re:Ask HN: What has made you a better problem solver in soft... by tanseydavid on Friday November 29, 2019 @03:20PM (#21666597)

Funny and sad, because it is true. This practice is very commonplace.

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