> made myself to do it the "stupid" way first. Turns out I was definitely wasting my time
I think you put into words something that has been apparent for a while now with all the bloated software out there.
Software has become stupid.
Not because we're not capable of doing it smart, rather it's a accumulation of small instances of 'I'll do it fast and stupid' like that import, which 10-20 years ago would have been a long enough delay for the developer to do something about it.
Then across the multiple dependencies and imports you end up with an overall slow system since every one of those was implemented with a 'stupid but fast enough for this' mindset.
I think you put into words something that has been apparent for a while now with all the bloated software out there.
Software has become stupid.
Not because we're not capable of doing it smart, rather it's a accumulation of small instances of 'I'll do it fast and stupid' like that import, which 10-20 years ago would have been a long enough delay for the developer to do something about it.
Then across the multiple dependencies and imports you end up with an overall slow system since every one of those was implemented with a 'stupid but fast enough for this' mindset.