The principle doesn't apply everywhere, but I generally use it about memory usage, CPU usage and performance. A change that is smaller than 2 is usually inflated away easily by other changes, and improvements larger than 2 are usually possible by making the right inventions.
Or realistic.
ReplyDeleteWhile I generally agree, it does not always mean you need to be more ambitious.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just want/need to prepare the code for a future far more ambitious change. Legacy code...ahem
The principle doesn't apply everywhere, but I generally use it about memory usage, CPU usage and performance. A change that is smaller than 2 is usually inflated away easily by other changes, and improvements larger than 2 are usually possible by making the right inventions.
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