Buffer-size Memes

Ah yes, the eternal truth of software engineering. While normal people debate philosophy, programmers look at the same glass and immediately think "why are we using a 500ml container when we only need 250ml? This is wasting memory." You've allocated a buffer that's double the size you actually need, and now you're paying for it in both RAM and existential dread. Could've used a smaller glass, could've used a dynamic array that grows as needed, but no—someone on Stack Overflow said "just make it bigger to be safe" and here we are. The real kicker? That glass will never get resized. It'll sit there in production for 5 years, half-full, mocking every performance review where you promise to "optimize resource usage."