Embracing the ‘Good Enough’ Approach in Software Development

Jonathon Broughton
5 min readJul 4, 2023

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

This pearl of wisdom, courtesy of French philosopher Voltaire, rings true in the bustling arena of software development. The chase for absolute perfection can be a thorn in our side, diverting us from achieving our goals effectively and efficiently. Cue the ‘good enough’ approach. Far from being an admission of defeat or…

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Jonathon Broughton

AECO systems integrator, data wrangler and lapsed architect.