In my recent project I decided to not follow the best practices, but focus on getting things done. As a result, I have a almost finished, working project, and got lots of satisfaction - just enough to power through the refactoring.
Have I stuck to the "best practices" or tried to explore a cutting edge project, I would have probably given up by now.
Anyways, now I should bring out the Raspberry Pi and get it to do something, without overthinking it.