> if things we write can't be as performant as we like, we'll use a different language I think you are referring to the fact that devs LIKE speed. And they wan

> if things we write can't be as performant as we like, we'll use a different language I think you are referring to the fact that devs LIKE speed. And they want things to be fast. I mean, your right. We like speed. Probably a lot more than we should. But those who only care about speed simply wont have as successful careers as those who care about productivity (10xers?), unless your lucky enough to be put on a project that is designed entirely for speed. Lots and lots of tools exist that are "slow", but we use them over faster alternative's because of the features they provide. One simple example is IDE's. I think its pretty narrow-viewed to say all projects will fade because they aren't "as fast as they can be". Everything only needs to be fast enough.