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Speed is a good proxy for engineering quality: software that slows down on simple tasks suggests engineers who are not obsessive about detail.

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software performance Speed as a mark of quality: bloat, boot times, and software that got slower on hardware that got faster.

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What makes a design good?under our view: Good design is felt: speed, touch, behaviour and emotion count for more than how it looks Which mental models should a designer think with?under our view: Speed is a feature: waiting makes everything feel complicated

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  1. Craig Mod Writer, photographer and software maker based in Japan
    Speed and reliability are often intuited hand-in-hand. Speed can be a good proxy for general engineering quality. If an application slows down on simple tasks, then it can mean the engineers aren’t obsessive detail sticklers.

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