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Re:Jonathan Blow on Societal Collapse (2019) by Ygg2 on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:15PM (#32614947)
Wasteful is relative. By focusing on optimization you are being wasteful with programmer's time.
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Re:Jonathan Blow on Societal Collapse (2019) by rstat1 on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:56PM (#32615492)
Making a better product is not wasteful of anyone's time.
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Re:Jonathan Blow on Societal Collapse (2019) by Ygg2 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:31AM (#32618749)
Better for who?

What you consider good and I consider good for a product can, but doesn't have to be the same. And there is an opportunity cost in doing one or the other.

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