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devmortoday at 3:36 AM1 replyview on HN

“Stop doing stupid stuff” is usually the biggest performance gain in commercial development.

We do stupid stuff as a stopgap to meet a deadline and then stupid stuff stays until it starts being a problem.


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thewebguydtoday at 3:40 AM

There's nothing more permanent than a temporary fix. If deadlines are causing those stopgaps, the aggressive deadlines are the root problem.

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