Random thought from the draft pile…
Jun 25th, 2006 by phil
Everyone knows a programmer who is more concerned about microseconds of execution time than whether or not the correct result is returned. The opposite of those programmers are the architects who follow the mantra “Make it correct then make it fast”. These architects seem equally unconcerned about getting the result in a reasonable time as the microsecond programmers are about getting the right result. Good architects and good developers need to be able to strike the right balance between speed and design and do so in a way that is maintainable for the long term.
