Speed of writing code has never been a problem

contact@balashov.tech (Evgeniy Balashov) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Mirage of Optimization, or Goldratt Already Said It All

As the creator of the Theory of Constraints — Eliyahu Goldratt — said:

“An hour saved anywhere other than the bottleneck is a mirage.”

optimization outside bottlenecks: improving the work of tools, processes, and people that are not constraints leads to more work in progress and higher costs
focus on constraints: a system’s effectiveness is determined by the performance of its weakest link
exploiting the constraint: instead of optimizing everything, you should first identify and eliminate the bottleneck. Real savings appear only when the bottleneck itself is optimized

In other words, when you optimize a stage that is not the bottleneck, you do not get a faster system. You get a less efficient system.

Writing Code by Hand Is a Thing of the Past

contact@balashov.tech (Evgeniy Balashov) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The software development landscape is changing rapidly, right now.

I have spent more than 15 years working in IT engineering.
I use AI tools actively every day in my work: for building internal tools, automation, analytics, and infrastructure management.

Over the past year, the nature and intensity of the part of my work related to writing code has changed significantly.

Very soon, we will look back on writing code by hand as a fond memory from the past — and we will miss it.

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Speed of writing code has never been a problem

The Mirage of Optimization, or Goldratt Already Said It All

Writing Code by Hand Is a Thing of the Past