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I find it comforting that a coworker isn't going to unknowingly hide lots of superlinear algorithms in the codebase that will blow up without warning when data

by army 13y ago

I find it comforting that a coworker isn't going to unknowingly hide lots of superlinear algorithms in the codebase that will blow up without warning when data sets get significantly larger than the test data. Sometimes you have to make a decision to just go with the inefficient solution, but I'd like it to be an informed decision if the codebase is one I have to work with and maintain in production.

boyter 13y ago
The fact that someone can tell you what the big O of an algorithm is wont prevent that though. You would be better off following a decent peer review process and performance profiling the application.
- philwelch 13y ago
  It's not an either-or. Competent developers and teams can do both.