The compound effect is when small changes executed consistently over time lead to dramatic results. It can go both ways, either enhancing the positives or aggravating the problems.
Regular profiling, or lack thereof, is a good example of the compound effect. If you invest a little bit of time in making small but steady improvements in your application’s performance, they can lead to huge benefits over time. And vice versa, if you keep neglecting issues, they will compound, and sooner or later you’ll have a sluggish and unwieldy piece of software on your hands. More often than not, developer