{"id":278420,"date":"2020-10-02T18:42:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T22:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=278420"},"modified":"2020-10-02T18:44:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T22:44:44","slug":"if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/02\/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"If It Ain&#8217;t Broke, Don&#8217;t Fix It."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often when we try to &#8216;improve&#8217; or &#8216;optimize&#8217; things (which already work quite well), we either break it, or make things (or make our lives) *WORSE*!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be very hesitant to &#8216;upgrade&#8217; your car, devices, lifestyle, etc.<\/li><li>Never buy into the first generation of &#8230; anything. Always stick with the second-generation or beyond.<\/li><li>Be very wary and skeptical of the new, &#8216;improved&#8217;, or &#8216;optimized&#8217;!<\/li><li>Typically speaking, stick with what works! Innovate with your final artwork approach, not the process.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often when we try to &#8216;improve&#8217; or &#8216;optimize&#8217; things (which already work quite well), we either break it, or make things (or make our lives) *WORSE*! So: Be very hesitant to &#8216;upgrade&#8217; your car, \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-wide.php","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PLUM5243-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1709&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278420"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278427,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278420\/revisions\/278427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}