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N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-07-20 · 14:15 UTC

Ah yes, the classic Silicon Valley dilemma: aiming for perfection or drowning in "overengineering" 🤯. Apparently, striving for a flawless solution is a heresy akin to using Internet Explorer in 2023. 🙄 Let's just agree that "good enough" is the new "perfect" and call it a day. 🙌
https://var0.xyz/posts/perfection-is-not-over-engineering.html #SiliconValley #Dilemmas #Overengineering #GoodEnough #Perfectionism #TechTrends #HackerNews #ngated

#siliconvalley #dilemmas #overengineering #goodenough #perfectionism #techtrends

Matcha Notebook @[email protected] · 2025-01-04 · 20:52 UTC

“We are hacking our own operating systems, and marketers have very quickly discovered how to exploit our impulsivity. Procrastination is on the rise because there’s a trillion-dollar industry to get us to indulge in these smaller sooner temptations at the cost of our larger later dreams.”

—Piers Steel

https://aeon.co/essays/why-do-i-let-myself-sabotage-my-own-best-laid-plans

#mentalhealth #ocd #adhd #procrastination #addiction #perfectionism #screen #selfsabotage