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by jordanreger 884 days ago
> we're also not allergic to complexity the way we should be.

Very well put. I think the majority of why performance isn't a goal anymore can be attributed to this. So much software today is written like it's running on a supercomputer (and in comparison to computers even just 10 years ago, it is). Libraries have become crutches rather than tools.