Coders from all over likely already know of this quote, or would certainly would benefit from perma-copying this quote to the front of their brain-stem/visual-cortex knowledge queue:
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” ― Donald Ervin Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
So then, what’s this about Hyper-Focal in relation? It’s when one builds a “maladapted neurological reward-center structured pattern of behavior”.
IOW, it’s a learned behavior from which one has associated a perceived positive emotional …