[xandrius]

I don't see the problem here: the original dev delivers quickly, the next dev gets to solve an interesting problems and gets to show off how much time they saved.

[tracker1]

They could have used any hashmap or dictionary in the first place... The DB solution was far more complicated.

[gcarvalho]

Delivering the over-complicated feature and improving the performance of the over-complicated feature both seem to get more praise than shipping the simple version to begin with.

[beeboobaa3]

Who cares? Do you do your job for head pats or to actually get shit done?

[gcarvalho]

To make a living. Being acknowledged is good to keep at it, or so I heard.