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I usually don't think about performance. I was wrong then. We're not doing something similar :) Like pg said somewhere (update: http://ycombinator.com/newsnew
by gruseom 17y ago
I usually don't think about performance.
I was wrong then. We're not doing something similar :)
Like pg said somewhere (update: http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html, /15 Jan), the goal isn't optimizing but keeping performance mediocre as you scale up.
Where did he use the word, or the concept, "mediocre"?
- akkartik 17y agoYes, not there, but I seem to remember it. Update: Ah, it's here: http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html
- gruseom 17y agoOh. But he didn't say the goal was mediocrity, only that performance at least wasn't getting worse as the site grew. But then I'm sure you didn't really mean that mediocrity was your goal, either, right? Right? :)
- akkartik 17y ago:) I think my choice of the word 'goal' was incorrect. If you have other priorities performance need be just good enough.