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Don't over-optimize. I work for a large tech company and I see many developers make the mistake to over design/architect solutions prematurely, setup meetings with colleagues to discuss how the solution could be leveraged by others etc.. But 80% of the work that we do is pretty straightforward and simple Google search will give you the answers. So just timebox few hours and come up with a hacky solution(proof of concept) that works. More often than not this solution is pretty close to what you want and you've not wasted companies time.


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