Worth the Effort
Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A judgment that the value of a task, fix, or investment justifies the time and pain required. In engineering slang, this phrase matters because many technically possible improvements are still poor bets.
In plain English: Valuable enough to justify the work required.
Example: "Refactoring the old parser was only worth the effort once they proved it sat on the path of three upcoming product launches."