[Retric]

It's not an either or situation. Often there is a ~10-1,000x performance gains to be had in software from the initial production version to the optimized version. Similarly you can often get ~10-1,000x speed bump from better hardware.

But, the gains become more expensive as you move up the scale. So, at least starting down the software path is often very cheap with many large gains to be had. Similarly, it's at least looking at the software before you scale to the next level of hardware tends to be a great investment.

It's not about always looking at software, it's a question of regularly going back to software as it's better to regularly do so rather than as a one time push.

[mmt]

> It's not an either or situation.

I'm a bit confused.. are you agreeing or disagreeing? My point was to call out a false dichotomy and offer a third option.

> It's not about always looking at software

Yet that's exactly what happens. Software engineers completely dominate the field, including management, so they always look at software and only software.