Most software has a few years lifetime and nearly no users. What you say is only true after reaching a certain milestone like product market fit. I think the idea is to reach that turning point as fast as possible and then rebuild the system from ground up with maintainability and quality focus.
replyI hate code and I want as little of it as possible in my codebase.
replyThe best code is no code. The second-best code is the code I delete.
replyMy favorite JIRAs are the ones I prevent from being worked on in the first place because they were unnecessary.
The ideal prompt is the one I don't fire because it would be a waste.
In an application with an LLM component, the ideal amount of inference is zero.
Ultimately this seems to lead to "the ideal amount of computers in the world is none" but for the sake of my continued employment let's let that one go by. :)