I’m (pretty) sure I’m not the first to notice this, but I see a strong correlation between software performance work and dealing with climate change. What are the similarities? Firstly, It’s all too easy to focus on easy to understand, simple to fix problems what are of little significance. Secondly, the most effective solution seems to be to stop doing things.
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