“I must program as inefficiently as possible. I must program as inefficiently as possible.” Today I’m chanting Joe Armstrong’s…
“I must program as inefficiently as possible. I must program as inefficiently as possible.” Today I’m chanting Joe Armstrong’s famous mantra for writing code to solve a problem that you don’t understand yet. The instinct to optimize is extremely counter-productive at these times.
— Luke Gorrie (@lukego) July 2, 2020