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I think this is absolute genius. If you are ever going to get to grips with optimizing something, why not do the opposite first or as a foil? How often do you
by gerdesj 1y ago
I think this is absolute genius.
If you are ever going to get to grips with optimizing something, why not do the opposite first or as a foil?
How often do you really fenangle your database (or other system) properly? Are your performance enhancements really based on science or cargo culting or something else?
- sschnei8 1y agoI always do that when working with a new cloud provider. I spend our Series A as fast as possible after which we can optimize cloud spend!
- therein 1y agoCloud providers love this one trick.
- guiriduro 1y agoYup that's a variation of the general 'deliver a hugely inefficient solution first, then iterate' tactic. Keeps multiple people employed much longer than a little (debatably) "premature" optimisation ahead of time, keep delivering benefits QoQ (that could have been delivered sooner, but whatever...), keep managers happy.