> But if performance work has been neglected for most of the product development cycle, chances are that when you finally fire up the profiler it’ll be a unifor

> But if performance work has been neglected for most of the product development cycle, chances are that when you finally fire up the profiler it’ll be a uniformly slow mess with deep systemic issues. Hrmm. In my experience very good programs also have very flat profiles. I don’t think a flat profile is indicative of bad performance culture.