This is perhaps one of the most misunderstood and misused quotes I know of. It doesn't mean what people think it means, yet I hear it misapplied at least a few times every year.
(The quote has to be understood in its original context. It isn't really about performance as such, but about maintaining degrees of freedom and development flexibility until you understand the problem you are solving and can commit)
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No worries, performance optimization is root of all evil according to current consensus
This is perhaps one of the most misunderstood and misused quotes I know of. It doesn't mean what people think it means, yet I hear it misapplied at least a few times every year.
(The quote has to be understood in its original context. It isn't really about performance as such, but about maintaining degrees of freedom and development flexibility until you understand the problem you are solving and can commit)