I wanted to write about that topic for weeks or maybe even months. But I never started. Until now! Something was holding me back from writing this ...
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I feel like you described the inside of my head. I eventually learned to let go of my striving for perfection at work because there are deadlines and other obstacles, but when writing personal blog posts I still struggle with it. I guess I will have to revisit your post before I write another of my posts :).
For the language side of things, being a non-native English speaker too, what gives me a peace of mind before publishing a post is running it through a grammar checker. There are some free options out there.
PS. I absolutely love the cover for this post!
Thank you so much for this feedback! Words like that really help to keep up the motivation for writing :)
Great article. I find myself stuck in the cycle of writing code then refactoring because I think the code isn't good enough. I sometimes spend way too much time doing that when really the code is fine.
As far as English being your second language, don't let that hold you back. I think most people can put together a message pretty well (consider people getting drunk texts? 😂). That's also one of the great things about programming. It doesn't matter what language you speak because code is universal (obviously C# is different from JS, C++, etc but you get the point).
Thanks for contributing!
Thanks for your feedback :)
Yes, I also learned that it can often be applied for coding as well as for writing blog posts!
Yes! Great post. As Voltaire said: "Perfect is the enemy of good"
I remember David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails, saying that unless you code for peacemakers or self-driving cars, being good enough is just fine.
It doesn't mean that we don't strive for better every time, but chasing perfection will all drive us crazy.
Perfect, thanks! ;)
Haha, thanks :)
@robert ,
Your article led me to write my first ever dev.to post. Thanks :)
Wow, this is really motivating for me, too! :)
Great Article... 😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you Alan :)
Robert, This is awesome. 😊😊
Thank you Fred :)