I usually think of space or time optimization when I consider the dictum that "premature optimization is the root of all evil". I think it also applies to composability, and generality, and perhaps they are even more fraught optimizations, since there are no metrics, only complex multi-dimensional tradeoffs and appeals to convention and culture.
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Finally realizing that there are multiple not-entirely-compatible type "namespaces" in C, and figuring out the one that is the CORRECT one for my problem, was a breakthru for me today. char vs uint8_t vs int vs nullptr.
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I can hear the frost covered leaves fall thru the woods in my backyard, like popcorn
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Upgraded my openbsd workstation to 8.0 and then had panic when presented with disk encryption password prompt. Could not recall it. I assumed I would need to re-install.
Took 30 minutes and a cigarette to remember it. Had to relax and load up a memory of the finger positions, and the emotional cues, the smoke being one.
It would have been the second time I lost a workstation to a seldom used disk password.