return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 26 days agoWhat's a life lesson you learned the hard way that you'd want to share with others to help them avoid the same mistake?message-squaremessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down116
arrow-up1212arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a life lesson you learned the hard way that you'd want to share with others to help them avoid the same mistake?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 26 days agomessage-square247fedilink
minus-squarethericofactor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up57·26 days agoDon’t take shortcuts doing DIY. Prepare, use the right tools. Don’t skip steps or do things “quick and dirty”. Clean up afterwards.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·25 days agoThis also applies to software engineering and farming, from experience.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·25 days agoAlso don’t expect to do it well the first time. Skills take practice to develop. Practice with those tools before you apply them to expensive materials for the thing you really want to make.
Don’t take shortcuts doing DIY. Prepare, use the right tools. Don’t skip steps or do things “quick and dirty”. Clean up afterwards.
This also applies to software engineering and farming, from experience.
Also don’t expect to do it well the first time. Skills take practice to develop. Practice with those tools before you apply them to expensive materials for the thing you really want to make.