So much of the time, so many of us are engaged in trying to attain a level of quality in our work product that is perfect. I wonder, however, if the level we should be trying for in most things is simply "good enough"?
For example, my chosen trade (for want of something better), is software engineering. We spend countless hours arguing over the most trivial things. Should a button be put here or there? Should this be an icon or piece of text? How big should this window be? Is any of this written down anywhere, even, how should it be written down?
This is all well and good, but at some point, you have to step back, look at the overall result of the work and make a judgment call. Is it good enough?
Most of the time it probably is. Sure, everything can be improved, made more elegant, made a little smaller or a little lighter, but ultimately, if the product answers the design need and seems to do it pretty well, then ship it, you can always do a version 1.1
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