[psyc]

I believe my #1 defense against mistakes is the faint unease in the back of my mind that arises when I don't completely understand the problem. If I become aware of this nagging doubt, and follow it, it leads to the part I don't completely understand, where mistakes are likely. You can spend quite a long time seemingly immersed in a problem space without really understanding all of it. I think I may unconsciously flinch away from specific areas I understand least, because it's more comfortable to re-analyze the parts I have a good grasp on. I find once I understand a problem well enough that I have any business checking in code, and there's none of that nagging unease, then it's usually mostly correct.

[bmomb]

I have that "faint unease" too, i need to give it more importance.

In the beginning i learn to ignore it because the mentality of "moving fast and break things", and really worked because my tasks were fairly simple and it would have fewer critical points, but thinking now that is harmful when doing more complex things, i should slow down and trust in my 'feeling' more.