> I assume given the target audience for the advice, the audience is assumed to know that you can't ignore performance
That's why it's bad advice! Perhaps I should rephrase: it's not incorrect advice (to the right target audience), but it most definitely is inadvisable advice.
Who is the audience for the famous "premature optimisation" quote? Maybe originally it was "people who know you shouldn't ignore performance", but it definitely isn't now.
Easily misinterpreted advice is bad advice in my book.
That's why it's bad advice! Perhaps I should rephrase: it's not incorrect advice (to the right target audience), but it most definitely is inadvisable advice.
Who is the audience for the famous "premature optimisation" quote? Maybe originally it was "people who know you shouldn't ignore performance", but it definitely isn't now.
Easily misinterpreted advice is bad advice in my book.