House of Rails

Andrew House

Starting Over

I LOVE to play around with new features.
Tonight I was playing around with omniauth-github and trying to log in via rails. I was able to log in (horray!), but I had forgotten what I was supposed to be doing initially. It happens to me every now and then; I get feature focused.

I’m so focused on getting this one little thing to work I lose track of my goal. It’s times like this, when I’m barely into the project, and I was able to get my feature to work. I find that it’s best to scrap it and start over. My reasoning?

  • Start on a path where I am able to remain focused.
  • When it is time to create the feature again; I will do it again from scratch, forcing myself to learn.
  • In future projects, I will know to be well prepared and focused from the get go.

    Long story short.
    I played around with a cool thing, got it to work, messed up, started over, and didn’t loose any passion. Not a bad thing if you ask me. I’ll learn, grow, and do a better job next time.