> These numbers only get larger with a larger perceived "Nothing we can do about it"
God forbid you say anything about it in a code review lest you get shouted down about premature optimization.
"There're no metrics showing this is a problem (because it's not live yet), so I will not write it correctly!"
"This other unrelated thing in the code is slower, so writing this correctly is a poor use of time!"
"There're no metrics showing this is a problem (because it's not live yet), so I will not write it correctly!"
"This other unrelated thing in the code is slower, so writing this correctly is a poor use of time!"