The cost of practice

The Daily Drip
There's this weird line between "perfect" and "good enough" that's hard to gauge.
I'm not sure who said it but I've heard the phrase, "it doesn't have to be perfect but it has to be better than that."
As subjective beings, deciding what we're comfortable publishing or putting out into the world leaves a spectrum of options.
There's no prescriptive advice or class rubric we can use to help.
Instead, the only thing we can do is estimate the "minimum viable product."
What is the bare minimum we can do to make something work?
It's a question that asks us what we think is important--or more accurately, what our audience/customers/users think is important.
With practice, estimating gets easier.
The cost of practice is energy, time, and sometimes money.
There's no way around it.