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Re: Just Build It...

#31

Post by whateveracct »

maxverse wrote: post #15
keyle wrote: post #12

"also don't ever give someone an unsolicited code review on Twitter. It's rude." I'd personally welcome people's free code review, on any platform, when clearly the code "wasn't perfect". I don't see why someone would take offence from free advice, unless it was condescending. You're always free to ignore it. Eitherway, you won't excel in any topic without feedback.

I disagree. Unsolicited feedback lacks context and might not be intended to help the developer. Feedback to someone you don't know should be offered only if they're explicitly asking for it.

It's not that hard to ignore it entirely or read the feedback, disagree, and disregard. People are such wimps about this stuff nowadays.

Re: Just Build It...

#32

Post by appleflaxen »

maxverse wrote: post #15
keyle wrote: post #12

"also don't ever give someone an unsolicited code review on Twitter. It's rude." I'd personally welcome people's free code review, on any platform, when clearly the code "wasn't perfect". I don't see why someone would take offence from free advice, unless it was condescending. You're always free to ignore it. Eitherway, you won't excel in any topic without feedback.

I disagree. Unsolicited feedback lacks context and might not be intended to help the developer. Feedback to someone you don't know should be offered only if they're explicitly asking for it.

You disagree that keyle wants feedback?

That's literally all they said.

How can you disagree about what one individual says they themselves want?

Re: Just Build It...

#33

Post by wmorgan »

cogman10 wrote: post #7
teeray wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> nothing gets shipped unless it's perfect, and so nothing gets iterated on… That’s why a solid, painless, quick rollback story is absolutely vital but underrated for agility. It’s not a big deal if you ship a regression but can roll back quickly. On the other hand, if every release is playing for keeps, you’ll slow down to a glacial pace to try to ship perfection. But perfection is impossible no matter how much proc…

The issue is that big messes can be made that are hard to clean up in one small release. For example, one of our teams had the requirement "Allow end users to programmatically configure widget xyz". Now, widget xyz has a janky design and a table with 50 columns associated with it. So what did this team do? They took that internal table definition, made a CRUD api that exposes the whole thing, and moved on. Tell me, h…

Api longa, sprinta brevis

Re: Just Build It...

#34

Post by Loocid »

appleflaxen wrote: post #32
maxverse wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Unsolicited feedback lacks context and might not be intended to help the developer. Feedback to someone you don't know should be offered only if they're explicitly asking for it.

You disagree that keyle wants feedback? That's literally all they said. How can you disagree about what one individual says they themselves want?

There is more than just their first sentence.

Re: Just Build It...

#35

Post by mr-karan »

Having done a recent refactor + redesign of my personal website, I echo with this sentiment. It's much easier to go live sooner and do incremental improvements than launch everything all at once.

Re: Just Build It...

#36

Post by mindwok »

mrieck wrote: post #18

> Now I can incrementally update and improve and refactor This is 100 times easier for me than building from scratch. I second guess everything when I start with a blank canvas. That was my pain point and why I made my extension SnipCSS - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/snipcss/hbdnoadcma... Usually I can find something "good/close enough" to what I want on some website. I use my extension to rip off that d…

I do the same thing.

The way I try and address this is by basically turning off my inhibitions on my first pass of anything. Literally just start spewing stuff, whether its code or writing a tweet or blog post, making a presentation, etc. Then my second pass is with a much more critical eye and I start editing or reworking big chunks.

Rinse and repeat! Has been working for me.

Re: Just Build It...

#38

Post by quickthrower2 »

kingforaday wrote: post #2

"One group is instructed to submit 100 photos over the quarter and the other group is instructed to submit one perfect photo. The group that is instructed to submit 100 photos gets better because they start right away and start taking photos and learn about composition. While the other group doesn't get better because they hem and haw over what a perfect photo is." If true, I would want a refund if placed in the latt…

That old chestnut? If told that and I was in the "other group" I would pipe up and say "only one way to do this, submit 100 photos to me ASAP and I will pick the best one.

Re: Just Build It...

#39

Post by dools »

kordlessagain wrote: post #21
tracerbulletx wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People on Twitter just want to broadcast their opinion and get affirmation, they don't react well to attempts at dialog. It's all just attacks and counter attacks these days.

Just X it.

I think the X team might have been following this advice with a little too much gusto during the rebranding.

Re: Just Build It...

#40

Post by dools »

ReactiveJelly wrote: post #29
keyle wrote: post #12

"also don't ever give someone an unsolicited code review on Twitter. It's rude." I'd personally welcome people's free code review, on any platform, when clearly the code "wasn't perfect". I don't see why someone would take offence from free advice, unless it was condescending. You're always free to ignore it. Eitherway, you won't excel in any topic without feedback.

But if you welcome it, it's not unsolicited

Not necessarily. I might receive an unsolicited offer to have my windows washed by a guy at the lights. I welcome it because my windscreen is dirty, and I give him $5.
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