Steve Bellovin on Nostr: This is one of (many) lessons I learned, way back when, from Brian Kernighan. His ...
This is one of (many) lessons I learned, way back when, from Brian Kernighan. His approach: first, get it right (my phrasing: there's no benefit to doing the wrong thing thing quickly); second, measure, because your guesses about bottlenecks are almost certainly wrong; third, optimize.
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