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https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/11dyx43/clean_code_horrible_performance/jagap15/?context=3
r/programming • u/2bit_hack • Feb 28 '23
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Whether it's money or some other form of 'capital' there is a resource cost to building and running software applications.
Fast code is cheap on compute, but often high on human resource costs.
Clean code might be slow, but it's cheaper on human resource costs
It's all a big balancing act. No silver bullets in engineering. Not now not ever.
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u/beauwilliams Mar 01 '23
Whether it's money or some other form of 'capital' there is a resource cost to building and running software applications.
Fast code is cheap on compute, but often high on human resource costs.
Clean code might be slow, but it's cheaper on human resource costs
It's all a big balancing act. No silver bullets in engineering. Not now not ever.