Yeah, I hate that quote too.
Yeah, I hate that quote too. People take it so out of context and even ignore engineering for reasonable performance out of the box. I don't blame Knuth, he's talking about focusing on micro-optimizations, but a lot of devs nowadays don't even care to get basic performance right.
Posted by theLiminator on Apr 21, 2026, 9:18 PM
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I wish there was something that could be done beyond feeling powerless.
NewI don’t hate taxes per se but I hate that the government will take tax dollars earmarked for one purpose, which is how they got the tax a...
NewI've never thought SF Symbols were beautiful.
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NewYeah but this AI music is worse than any AI produced code.
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Yeah, I hate that quote too.
Yeah, I hate that quote too. People take it so out of context and even ignore engineering for reasonable performance out of the box. I don't blame Knuth, he's talking about focusing on micro-optimizations, but a lot of devs nowadays don't even care to get basic performance right.
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