Performance · interview question

Another engineer will maintain this code later. What choice helps the most around profiling stories?

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Make the rule obvious in names, flow, and boundaries so the next reader does not have to reverse-engineer your intent.Delay clarity until production traffic reveals the edge case and then patch it under pressure.Solve the symptom with comments only and avoid changing the code shape around profiling stories.Keep profiling stories implicit so the script stays short and hope the next engineer infers the rule.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer

A. Make the rule obvious in names, flow, and boundaries so the next reader does not have to reverse-engineer your intent.

Why

Maintainability comes from explicit intent. Candidates who narrate evidence clearly sound more senior immediately.

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