{"id":1008,"date":"2010-07-20T08:34:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T15:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2013-08-04T23:34:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T03:34:22","slug":"the-hardest-thing-i-struggle-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/the-hardest-thing-i-struggle-with\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hardest Thing I Struggle With"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ran up against it again as I was trying to figure out the \u201cright\u201d way to build an android application.<\/p>\n

Some of your coworkers probably don\u2019t struggle with the issue because they really just don\u2019t think about it that much.<\/p>\n

But, if you are reading this blog, you probably have encountered the problem I am about to talk about.\u00a0 It may be for you, like it is for me, the single greatest thing holding you back.<\/p>\n

What am I talking about?<\/p>\n

The struggle with perfection<\/h2>\n

We want to build perfect software, we want to build perfect code, but it is just not possible.<\/p>\n

Like Tyler Duren\u2019s alter ego, we want to put everything in a nice little box.<\/p>\n

\"fight-club-0015\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had mentioned earlier that not all software developers struggle with this problem.\u00a0 I think it arises when you start to actively seek to improve your development skills.\u00a0 It is natural to look for the \u201cright\u201d way to do something you want to get better at.<\/p>\n