Efficiency
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
The ability to achieve useful results with relatively little wasted time, effort, or resources. In tech culture efficiency is often prized, though teams sometimes chase the appearance of efficiency while neglecting resilience or human cost.
In plain English: Getting useful results with less waste.
Example: "The ops lead cared about efficiency, but not the fake kind where meetings are shorter only because the real decisions happen later in private chats."