GOOD PROGRAMMERS WORRY ABOUT DATA STRUCTURES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Linus Torvalds (the creator of Git and Linux) says that data structures are more important than code in software development since good data structures lead to better code design and maintainability. This developer supports this view with personal experience, describing how restructuring data in a project allowed a team to move faster in the long run. The prioritization is also how Git grew to be the dominant version control system.