There is a lot of controversy around the famous Donald Knuth quote “Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” Honestly, I do not understand why. People say it is taken out of context, but I think the quote is perfectly concise. It aligns with my philosophy:
- First make it work, and you can make it pretty later.
- There is infinitely more value in a working and ugly program compared to a beautiful but non-working program.
- Don’t guess, measure first.