Premature optimization shows how smart you are, not how well you can solve the problem.
Did I read that somewhere or just make it up?
Personally I believe in solving the problem as quickly and simply as possible. If the solution isn’t good enough (as determined by the people for whom I am writing the program, not by me) I’ll improve it.
I often run into interesting problems in my work and in my play. But finding solutions on the web can be challenging. So I decided to start recording them so that if somebody else ran into them as well they might find them. For the record, I am currently using Gentoo Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl at work, so I expect most of the problems to be related to one or more of those systems. Also, I am not a writer. So don’t expect wonderful prose. But please leave a comment if it helps or if you think more clarification is needed.