title: Is Performance Always Important?
body: <p>Since I am a Lone Developer, I have to think about every aspect of the systems I am working on.  Lately I've been thinking about performance of my two websites, and ways to improve it.  Sites like StackOverflow proclaim, "performance is a feature."  However, "premature optimization is the root of all evil," and none of my customers have complained yet about the sites' performance.</p>
  
  <p>My question is, is performance always important?  Should performance always be a feature?</p>
  
  <p><em>Note: I don't think this question is the same as <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/471313/do-i-always-have-to-think-about-performance">this one</a>, as that poster is asking when to consider performance and I am asking if the answer to that question is always, and if so, why.  I also don't think this question should be CW, as I believe there is an answer and reasoning for that answer.</em></p>