How to write `Problems we solved with not-so-elegant solutions` ?

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- Honesty and transparency are key in academic writing.

• Even if we have to use some workaround solutions to solve some problems
• We can still state how we solve this problem, and why we use workarounds as our current solution.
• The goal of a thesis is not just to present the successes, but to provide a truthful and thorough account of your research process.

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• In Methods section:

  • we describe the problems we met when developing certain methods
  • and how we research and find a suitable solution

• In Discussion section:

  • we discuss our limitations by using workarounds
  • we reflect on our solution about its strengths and weakness
  • we call for future development to get a more elegant solution