048 - Premature Optimization

Crafting Code Podcast

Optimization is a word that sounds so good. Sometimes we get an idea which we believe will be an improvement to the code and want to just go ahead and implement it. But often these are premature optimizations; changes that may not be needed and in some cases can even make things worse. In this episode, your hosts discuss premature optimization and it's close relation, over-engineering, to try to better understand how to recognize and avoid them.