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When perfectionism blocks open source contribution

Every time I release code publicly I obsess over making it perfect because strangers will judge it and I know this is stopping me from actually sharing anything useful.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to appear wise often prevents us from being helpful.

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“Where Are You with Open source as philosophy?”

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