> I feel like nobody really cares about optimization anymore. You have to consider the survivorship bias. Maybe the people that care about optimization don't '

> I feel like nobody really cares about optimization anymore. You have to consider the survivorship bias. Maybe the people that care about optimization don't 'survive' to keep caring about it. > It's just "ship, ship, ship, move faster, ship." Are startup with that mentality more likely to do well? I've built my career around performance work and I've noticed that there a time and a place for everything. Sometimes shipping is more important, and sometimes performance can be a day one defining feature.