I took it down as it was fairly rambling and didn't do a good job to explain (confused people). I'm building the MVP atm. If you're interested to learn more, you can write me at [email protected]. I'd like to find collaborators.
If there was a valid reason to write software that efficiently, besides idealism, I'm sure developers would do so. But there isn't in the vast majority of cases, so we don't. iow computing resources are cheaper than labor.
I love seeing all these helpless billionaires and business owners flail trying to get people back in the office, with increasingly BS reasons. The world moved on and they can't stand they lost a tiny bit of control over workers.
Sure, if you want your best developers to leave. The question "Should I force...?" should always be met with the utmost skepticism. That's not the way to lead.