In the era of kubernetes and edge servers and everything running on battery power, that distinction between need and want becomes much fuzzier because of course

In the era of kubernetes and edge servers and everything running on battery power, that distinction between need and want becomes much fuzzier because of course we can bin pack the more efficient one better or preserve another five minutes of standby time even if the wall clock behavior is moot. And I’d also argue that if you wait to use a skill only until the need is dire then you will be both 1) shit at doing it and fail to achieve your goal well and 2) won’t have spent enough time on the cost/benefit analysis to know when things have changed over from want to need. Like the blind people I allude to in my top level.