
The Case for Embracing Inefficiencies in Software Development
Remember when your car had a 5-speed transmission and a carburetor you could actually tinker with? Yeah, neither do I—but engineers loved them. Why? Because that “inefficient” design taught them how cars actually worked. Today’s software industry is obsessed with maximum efficiency, and I’m here to argue we’re optimizing away some of the most valuable parts of our craft. The Efficiency Cult We’ve Built Let’s be honest: the software development world is currently gripped by what I call “efficiency mania....



