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Re: [sot] obstacles

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On 4/17/15 2:53 PM, fir wrote:

> it may seem simple but it is not for example even if you make simple
> game you can code something but usually teh result is tjat it looks
> awfull, plays awfull and is not finished - you dont need to code
> 'something' you need to code 'exact thing' that will be looking good
> and will play/work good - the process of finding or resolving this is
> damn obstacle (at least for me)
>
> general solution seem to be 'experiment much' or 'think much' but as
> i said it is easy to say in reality when i am put against such
> obstacle i came in depression and i lose my energy/motivation it all
> just need a hell of determination or god knows what

I think the question I think you're asking doesn't have a satisfying
answer, so I'll make a best effort at an unsatisfying answer...

It is /necessary/ to write the best code you can manage to get a job 
done. In the beginning it will be beautiful only by accident, and if 
beauty (whatever you conceive that to be) is important, then you will 
need to re-write working ugly code as many times as necessary until it 
seems beautiful to you. You will be able to measure your progress by the 
number of times you need to rewrite your programs before they make you 
smile. Eventually, that number will become small (for some definition of 
'small') and sometimes you'll even produce something beautiful on the 
first try.

You can be kind to yourself by partitioning work into relatively small 
modules that can be individually 'beautified' and debugged. This will 
help more than almost anything else to help avoid the depression and 
energy loss you spoke of - and this approach delivers the flow of 
success and feeling of accomplishment that makes for better sleep at night.

-- 
Morris Dovey
http://www.iedu.com/Solar

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[sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 10:17 -0700
  Re: [sot] obstacles fmassei@gmail.com - 2015-04-16 10:46 -0700
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          Re: [sot] obstacles fmassei@gmail.com - 2015-04-16 16:16 -0700
            Re: [sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 00:17 -0700
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        Re: [sot] obstacles fmassei@gmail.com - 2015-04-16 15:51 -0700
          Re: [sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 16:07 -0700
            Re: [sot] obstacles Steve Thompson <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 03:46 +0000
              Re: [sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 12:53 -0700
                Re: [sot] obstacles Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-04-17 15:49 -0500
                Re: [sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 16:12 -0700
                Re: [sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 16:24 -0700
                Re: [sot] obstacles Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-04-17 18:42 -0500
                Re: [sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 16:50 -0700
                Re: [sot] obstacles Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-17 20:36 -0700
          Re: [sot] obstacles fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 07:17 -0700

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