CRITICAL THINKING4 MIN READ
Benchmark or First Principles?
Know when benchmarks are useful inputs and when they hide the real constraint.
Use first principles when the benchmark is solving a constraint that may have multiple solutions. Copying can be right when the contexts match and speed matters, but here the team has not separated the fixed constraint from the inherited industry rule.
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