# Guesswork

> Deciding where to optimize by intuition instead of measured profiling data.

Record: `lexicon:guesswork`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-guesswork

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Guess-Based Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/guess-based-optimization.md) and before [Hard Resource Ceiling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hard-resource-ceiling.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Negated by

- [Profiling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/profiling.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)