Re:Removing stuff is never obvious yet often better
by pentaphobe on Monday August 26, 2024 @01:36AM
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Thanks for this balanced (and IMO necessary) reminder.
It's all too easy to get caught either doing way too much defensive/speculative stuff, or way too little.
one person's "premature optimisation" is another person's "I've seen roughly this pattern before, I'll add this thing I wished I had last time" - and AFAICT there's no _reliably_ helpful way of distinguishing which is correct.
It's all too easy to get caught either doing way too much defensive/speculative stuff, or way too little.
one person's "premature optimisation" is another person's "I've seen roughly this pattern before, I'll add this thing I wished I had last time" - and AFAICT there's no _reliably_ helpful way of distinguishing which is correct.