[tptacek]

That's such a huge problem with exploratory programming: the demotivating effect of knowing that there are better versions of almost anything you're building, because other people have been working on the problem for longer.

You have to get over it and keep going anyways or you'll never become one of those people yourself! (Or even be able to make an informed decision about whether you want to).

Not coincidentally: part of the point of the company we just started. :)