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Don't pre-optimise

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+title: Don't pre-optimise
+date: 2025-02-16
+permalink: daily/2025/02/16/pre-optimise
+tags:
+  - software-development
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+  Don't write code for scenarios that may not happen.
+---
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+I recently had [my first podcast episode with two guests][0], where I discussed Drupal terminology and Drupalisms with Emma Horrell and Luke McCormick.
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+It was a great episode, but there was something I needed to do before I could release it.
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+Before I could release the episode, I needed to update my website to show both guest names.
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+The other 26 episodes only had a single guest per episode, and my podcast pages were built to only show the first guest name.
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+When building the pages for the [first episode with Matt Glaman][1], I only needed to show a single guest name.
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+There was no need to show multiple guest names until I had an episode with multiple guests.
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+I wrote the simplest code to achieve the requirements I had at the time.
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+If I wrote for two guests but never had an episode with two guests, my website would be bloated and have functionality that wasn't needed or used.
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+Now my requirements have changed.
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+I can have an episode with one or two guests, but not three or more guests.
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+If I have an episode with more than two guests, I'll write that functionality then.
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+But not before.
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+[0]: {{site.url}}/podcast/27-drupalisms
+[1]: {{site.url}}/podcast/1-retrofit