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Adrian Holovaty · by 25 Apr 2017

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  1. Our reading

    Extreme optimizations can result in code that is hard to maintain.

    Their wordsAnd I know from experience that making extreme optimizations can result in code that's hard to maintain.

  2. Our reading

    Having a pro-programmer bias when making optimization decisions is not healthy.

    Their wordsBut I also believe that having a pro-programmer bias, when making optimization decisions, is not healthy.

  3. Our reading

    Fetishizing programmers can come at a cost to the humans using software.

    Their wordsFetishizing programmers can come at a cost - a cost to the humans using software.

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