Why time and space complexity is important for your job

Why time and space complexity is important for your job

Most software developers are always looking to improve their skills and experience. What is the last cutting-edge technology I can learn? what antipatterns should avoid? what are the new updates of my favorite framework? These things are important for all of us and for the companies we work in, but in all this chaotic mess of libraries, conventions, patterns, … we could easily forget the basics that we learn when we studied the concepts of algorithm design: “an algorithm should be efficient”. But, is it really that important? when should we worry about that?

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