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Re:Ask HN: Your must-read HN post? by duxup on Monday May 18, 2020 @11:02PM (#23230904)
As someone 2 or so years into coding professionally and constantly looking at my own work and sort of frowning, refactoring, wash rinse repeat, I keep telling myself this is the process and that's ok.
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Re:Ask HN: Your must-read HN post? by imheretolearn on Monday May 18, 2020 @11:09PM (#23230943)
I believe your past work is a great indicator of your progress. If you look at your past work and frown, chances are you are frowning because you now know something you didn't back then. This is a great sign of improvement. If you look at your past work and go meh, it was great back then and it's great today, chances are you've not learned anything new. Pro tip: There's always room for improvement.
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