I feel like there's a disconnect here. I did not suggest "giving up async"; I expect that async will be used when justified — as I described having done myself

I feel like there's a disconnect here. I did not suggest "giving up async"; I expect that async will be used when justified — as I described having done myself in a nearby comment. I'm just making a bog-standard argument against premature optimization, and I'm shocked that we can't find common ground.