We stopped chasing perfection. The system got better

We tried to make everything perfect. Strict validation Clean data No inconsistencies Every edge case handled Looked good on paper. In reality: Flows started breaking Users got blocked Small issues stopped entire processes System was correct. But unusable. So we changed approach. Allowed partial data Handled missing fields later Let flows continue with warnings Fixed issues downstream instead of blocking upfront System became less perfect. But it started working better. In real systems, perfectio