[JustSomeNobody]

Right now, most organizations (and developers) are focused on developer speed/productivity. As compute resources plateau, some developers will be required to focus on compute efficiency and speed. There will always be a limit to how fast you want your CRUD web app to run vs how much you want to spend on developers, though.

[pdimitar]

You are correct on the outset. I am simply observing the pendulum being on the one extreme end for a long time now though -- businesses always optimise for minimum time to deliver a new product and then pay very hefty consulting fees to fix the mess that could have been easily avoided in the first place (by making the project's development time 20% longer) -- which I am willing to bet my balls would not have been fatal for the business, in like 90% of the cases.

For things to go well and optimally, the pendulum should never be on the extremes. Sure, you guys are in a hurry. OK. But I must protect my name and your interests and must do a good job as well. Don't make me emulate a bunch of clueless Indians, please. Just go hire them.

Businessmen aren't very good at compromises when it comes to techies. I am still coming to terms with that fact and to this day I cannot explain its origins and reasoning well.