Sure thing—elegance is great for clarity and future maintenance, but if it slows things down, the whole system drags. I usually start with the simplest correct solution, then profile. If a bottleneck shows up, I refactor that part, maybe swapping a quicksort for a radix sort if the data set fits. Coffee helps me keep that focus sharp while I debug the trade‑offs. Basically, keep elegance in the design, but don't let it be a performance wall.