As developers, it’s important to question what truly matters when it comes to the products we build. Marginal technical improvements may feel “more right” and even save a couple of clock cycles, but are they meaningful? Are they worth the time you might invest to achieve them? The answer lies in a very simple question we forget to ask ourselves far too often: “Does this help the user?” You’re not writing code to impress other programmers; you’re writing programs to give users the tools they need to do something.