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How I build software quickly
Know how good your code needs to be for the task at hand. Start with a rough draft. Try to soften requirements if you can. Don't get distracted. Make small changes. Practice specific skills.
Early in my career, I wanted all my code to be perfect: every function well-tested, every identifier elegantly named, every abstraction easily understood. Some employers have aggressive deadlines where some bugs are acceptable, while other projects demand a higher quality bar with more relaxed schedules. It helps in so many ways: debugging is easier because I can see how some function works, bugs and poor documentation in third-party dependencies are less scary, it’s a huge source of learning, and so much more.
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