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"I'll rewrite it later" (programming.dev)
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[โ€“] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm paid a salary, not hourly.

Don't kill yourself to over engineer code that you'll end tossing.

[โ€“] thejodie@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

People try to be overachievers by exceeding expectations and then are often late or delivering a broken product.

It's hard to tell perfectionists not to be perfectionists though.