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Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by codegladiator on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:36AM (#20612648)
Wouldn't modern times make it more relevant ? I would choose "don't worry about speed, make it happen first".
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Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by andrewstuart on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:41AM (#20612668)
No I think speed is a primary feature, not a secondary one. As the article says, users relate completely differently to a responsive application.
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Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by codegladiator on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:12AM (#20612800)
The point remains that modern hardware is already super fast. Besides, avoiding "premature optimization" is to avoid efforts to speed up parts of your code which were never a bottleneck. No one is arguing for writing slow code.
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