Premature Optimization and The Web
Shahar Evron posted his opinions on Premature Optimization and The Web on his blog. Shahar reminds us of the famous quote by from Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, and then goes on the explain it’s special relevance to web development.
In my opinion, “Premature Optimization” is the very common practice of spending too much time optimizing something before we even know it needs optimization. Many developers, including myself, tend to seriously try to optimize things even when it’s not cost-effective or productive, just we want to do things elegantly. But when exactly is optimization not premature? And what does it mean specifically in web development? That’s an interesting question, and a sort of question us techies tend to neglect too often
Shahar goes on to give 5 bullet points that he considers to be the important points for developers starting a web application.
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