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SOME SOFTWARE BLOAT IS OK

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In today's era of powerful hardware, software efficiency is often overlooked in favor of developer productivity and faster prototyping. Some software bloat is acceptable as a tradeoff for benefits like faster development cycles. However, a lot of bloat comes from incompetence, laziness, and over-engineering, leading to performance degradation and other issues.