My philosophy towards writing code, building projects, anything.

1. Get it working.

Find a solution, any solution. Something is better than nothing. Once you have a solution, you know the space pretty well.

2. Get it working well.

Iterate and make it better. Refactor and fix bugs. At this point, the general logic should be sound, but there may be missing features, add them.

3. Get it working fast.

Find the slow parts and make it faster.