> Some developers just don't know or care about performance. I disagree. The reason developers and managers don't care about performance or more generally, goo

> Some developers just don't know or care about performance. I disagree. The reason developers and managers don't care about performance or more generally, good software, is because customers don't care about it. There's no incentive to build more robust future-proof software unless someone is willing to pay for it. Given the choice between cheaper "meh" software with tons of shiny new bells and whistles and better-designed, but more expensive software with fewer new features, guess which one the customer is going to go with 9 times out 10? It's like how everyone loves to complain about the poor service and general crappiness of commercial air travel. We all do it, but almost all of us also buy the cheapest flight we possibly can and then wonder why the airlines ended up cutting so many corners.