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Yet, yours truly, hahttps://kreyz.com/why-is-something-new-so-hardhttps://kreyz.com/why-is-something-new-so-hardThu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTA new job, new role, new team, new boss or a new framework..they can cause a lot of anxiety.   Impostor syndrome can sneak up on the most confident of peophttps://kreyz.com/perfect-or-done-why-you-should-ship-bad-codehttps://kreyz.com/perfect-or-done-why-you-should-ship-bad-codeThu, 30 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTBear with me while I dabble in religion for a second… When God created everything, God saw what God had made and said it was very good. 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