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Card #c861IR // #c861Synthesis

Before you improve a process, check the structure underneath it. If you are storing or organizing things the wrong way, no amount of hard work inside the process will fix it. Fix the container, then the process.

— In our words · Source: Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know (Aniket Wattamwar)

[Use when]

A process stays slow no matter how hard people work it, and every fix only shaves the surface.

[Why it matters]

An algorithm is only as fast as the structure it runs on; the wrong container makes even a good process slow.

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