Gail, your post about the importance of exact measuring changes one by one. You are really good in this!

Another aspect of optimization is using what I call "the task insider...

Hello!

I like refactoring. Realy. Who doesn't ;)? But there is a downside:

1. Time spend on writing/testing it.

2. Loose of encapsulation. Too deep rewriting lead us to extra work later.

And you...