Hey dev.to crew! Today, I want to share the coding lesson that’s reshaped how I work: letting go of “perfection” and embracing “good enough” (with room to grow).
For years, I’d get stuck polishing a function, obsessing over “clean” architecture, or rewriting modules to make them “future - proof.” Spoiler: The future never matched my plans, and deadlines (or my own sanity) suffered.
A side project forced me to ship features fast. I built a wonky MVP with messy CSS, hardcoded configs, and a database schema that made DBAs cry. But here’s the kicker – users loved it. They didn’t care about my “ideal” code; they cared about solving their problem right now.
This doesn’t mean cutting corners forever. It means:
Prioritizing user value over code elegance (at first).
Writing “temporary” solutions that solve today’s problem, then iterating.
Letting go of ego – code can (and will) evolve.
Now, I ship faster. I test ideas in days, not weeks. And guess what? The “messy” code becomes cleaner as I learn user needs. Turns out, constraints (like time, feedback, or real - world use) are better teachers than my own overthinking.
Now it's your turn! What’s one lesson you’ve re - learned (or finally accepted) this year? Drop a comment – I’m curious to hear how we’re all growing!
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