Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.
Make it work, make it right, make it fast.
I mean, source code in files; how quaint, how seventies!
How good the design is doesn't matter near as much as whether the design is getting better or worse. If it is getting better, day by day, I can live with it forever. If it is getting worse, I will die.
If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.
The community isn't nearly as afraid as it thinks it is.