Avoid “premature optimization” doesn’t mean avoid “optimization”. What is “premature” is project dependent. It is not premature to start 99% focused on optimi

Avoid “premature optimization” doesn’t mean avoid “optimization”. What is “premature” is project dependent. It is not premature to start 99% focused on optimization for a project where achieving an efficiency threshold is needed to validate project viability. “Avoid premature anything” is tautological. “Performance first” violates a tautology. All I need to say about that. We need tautological reminders, because we humans easily forget obviousness in the face of complexity.