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"This is where engineering sense comes into play. I'd personally rather not pay for things I don't need, particularly if an undue focus on performance, etc. mea
by JCDenton2052 10y ago
"This is where engineering sense comes into play. I'd personally rather not pay for things I don't need, particularly if an undue focus on performance, etc. means my cost overruns my budget. Perfect is the enemy of the good, and all that..."
I agree, however, making at least an effort is preferable than not caring.
What I had in mind was the developer of a legacy system at my previous work. He couldn't understand why I was fussing over performance metrics and I told him I couldn't understand how he could not. The reply was that they had enough trouble "making the bloody thing working", so anything else was peripheral.
- mschaef 10y agoFor me, the question would be why you cared about the performance metrics. Sometimes bad performance can be a sign that something is fundamentally broken, and fixing the metrics might be the solution to the stability problem. Sometimes, it's less important and more of a distraction. Usually, it's not to difficult to put together a case that performance issues are impacting stability.