Stop Trying To Write 'Perfect' Code

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Stop trying to write perfect code and go touch some grass.

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[MasterQuestMaster]

I wanted to do a project, but ended up agonizing too much over how to make everything clean and yet reusable that I never even got started properly.

[vynaaa]

5:47 This is the most beautiful function I have ever seen! Peak software engineering.

[tolotrarabefaly]

I actually gave a lot of thought about that topic today since I'm currently guilty about this.
The problem with trying to always maintain that high standard is that you're gonna always write flawed code since you don't know everything and you end up slowing yourself down and potentially your team, and this also induces a lot of pressure and anxiety on yourself too.
If you turn out be entangled in that curse, IMO the remedy is that you have to LEARN to be okay with the fact that the code you wrote is not written in the best possible way and leave any unnecessary premature optimization loophole, yet still good enough in order for you to continue to move on towards what you / your team is building.

[tuhin]

Actually good artists have a super power of embracing their mistakes/Imperfections. Coders also need this (for personal project only).

[LiamCox-tobo]

Repeat forever
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[Egryzilon]

7:30
"I have not failed, but found 1000 ways to not make a light bulb"
- Thomas Edison

[treygardner]

I am just starting my coding “lifestyle” this year, starting school in the fall, and you have been such an influence!!! Love the videos

[kateiry]

I think our society needs a therapist type specifically for programmers...

[pavloburyanov]

Oh man, I got all 3 types of perfectionism and it really sucks me dry. Going from burnout to burnout.

[uraxii]

I've started rolling with the idea that "clean code" basically means it minimizes the amount of frustration it brings people.

[cody_codes_youtube]

You can definitely end the video just 2 seconds in. Perfect code does suck. It’s a unicorn

[begthere]

Brother i found you bcoz of random() of youtube algorithm
anyway your way of explanation was to the point and needed in today's era of programming, thanks a lot cheers

[GooksanGom]

5:22 "Premature ejacul... Premature optimization!"🤣🤣🤣

[meltygear]

I go through tutorial after tutorial and feels like my code sucks even the moment I type it. I haven't wrote a single functional app that I can call "my own" for months. I also chase the "best language" so my knowledge is shallow in multiple languages instead of deep in 1-2. Thank you for this, I'll read the pragmatic programmer AND apply it.

[scrudover]

This is so timely. I'm currently going through this, as I'm assigned to a project in work wherein it's the first project for my team that's supposed to pay more attention to optimization.

The problem is I'm a junior dev who's too smooth brain. I guess I should dial it back a bit and not obsess over every line of code, especially given that this is my first project and my team probably doesn't expect me to nail it the first time.

Thanks for the video.

[brangtoggez]

This is the best video for me right now, since yes I want everything to be perfect, now I realized I am being too hard on myself, and even my friends in programming, I keep nagging them about it. Now I feel sorry, well thank you for releasing the video.

[JCastCode]

This is my answer to my problem lol. Currently stuck on a project trying to get a clean code. I am a beginner, Thank you for this!

[mridul]

Thank you sloth.. I was over optimising my code for literally no reason.. now I feel kinda stupid.. Thanks for the timely video! Saved me a lot of time n effort.. Subscription added!

[icemansmatedude]

And this my friends is why i only code on a per project basis, otherwise i would physically destroy myself with my own unrelenting imposter syndrome

[fallennarcotic]

Bro the spongebob intro took me back so hard I felt like a little kid in the safest space possible