premature optimization

== English == === Alternative forms === premature optimisation === Etymology === It was first coined by Donald Knuth in his 1974 monograph The Art of Computer Programming which won a Turing Award. === Noun === premature optimization (countable and uncountable, plural premature optimizations) (programming) The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck. 2016, Amitt Mahajan, Why you’re mispricing your VR seed round, VentureBeat Similar to engineering, premature optimization can cause you to focus on items that don’t materially affect your outcome and can divert your attention away from those that do. ==== Hypernyms ==== optimization