http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/ Working with nerds for fun and profit Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/#comment-46375 Unthinkability » Fun with Photoshop: ExtraLife Ding Pong Challenge Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:35:50 +0000 /?p=2#comment-46375 [...] They are good enough.  I see things that I wish I had changed when I did them, but my itch is scratched; I will not spend anymore time on them.  “Good enough is the new perfect.” [...] […] They are good enough.  I see things that I wish I had changed when I did them, but my itch is scratched; I will not spend anymore time on them.  “Good enough is the new perfect.” […]

]]> http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/#comment-10626 Seth Thu, 19 May 2005 15:37:48 +0000 /?p=2#comment-10626 See also <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060005688/" title="The Paradox of Choice">, which is saying the same thing. We've all heard of "analysis paralysis" and "less is more" and other trite crap, but Schwartz shows that there's a real performance hit to worrying too much about all the coulda, woulda, shouldas.</a> See also , which is saying the same thing. We’ve all heard of “analysis paralysis” and “less is more” and other trite crap, but Schwartz shows that there’s a real performance hit to worrying too much about all the coulda, woulda, shouldas.

]]> http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/#comment-10599 metacool Sun, 15 May 2005 15:13:58 +0000 /?p=2#comment-10599 <strong>Venture Design, part 9</strong> A few weeks ago I wrote a post called Venture Design, part 9
A few weeks ago I wrote a post called

]]> http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/#comment-5 Sorin Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:57:23 +0000 /?p=2#comment-5 This is close to applying to Software Development the Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes : if you spend time optimizing anything else than the bottleneck (the system's constraint), it is time ill spent This is close to applying to Software Development the Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes : if you spend time optimizing anything else than the bottleneck (the system’s constraint), it is time ill spent

]]> http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/#comment-3 David Locke Sun, 30 May 2004 06:55:08 +0000 /?p=2#comment-3 Perfection is the enemy of the good. Perfection is the enemy of the good.

]]> http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/#comment-4432 Nerdherding for Beginners » Higher quality code takes less time to write Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 /?p=2#comment-4432 [...] ed. I can imagine some forms of “false quality” slowing down a project. In a <a href="http://www.nerdherding.net/2004/05/26/good-enough-is-the-new-perfect/">previous post</a> I discussed the danger to projects of unbalanced perfection. [...] […] ed. I can imagine some forms of “false quality” slowing down a project. In a previous post I discussed the danger to projects of unbalanced perfection. […]

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