Performance

When we write code that is extensible, maintainable, and readable, we don’t always produce code that maximizes every byte of memory or every CPU cycle. For modern software development that trade-off is usually acceptable. After all, the processing power at our disposal is staggering compared to the early days of computing. A high-end gaming PC with a dedicated GPU feels like a mini-supercomputer. If an application needs more memory, storage, or CPU capacity, we can simply pay for it.