[HN Gopher] "Design It Twice"?
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       "Design It Twice"?
        
       Author : cookie-chan
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2024-09-14 16:27 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | pimlottc wrote:
       | I like this idea, but this felt like half an article. I thought
       | the second section was setting up a detailed explanation of "the
       | time [they] got it wrong" and I was really interested to learn
       | about it, but instead it goes straight into a conclusion (and a
       | plug for their telegram channel!) without offering any real
       | evidence or examples to support the idea.
        
       | colechristensen wrote:
       | I'm more of a fan of "do it again".
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       | Start a project, get to 80%, rewind and start over from the same
       | beginning.
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       | Several times this has led to much superior solutions and of
       | course the second implementation happens at a much faster pace.
        
         | from-nibly wrote:
         | I agree. The design needs to hit a tiny bit of the real world
         | sometimes to really figure out why it sucks.
        
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