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title: Compile Time
slug: compile-time
url: https://templeton.host/lexicon/compile-time/
type: defined-term
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author: Andrew Templeton
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# Compile Time

## Definition

Time spent building systems, frameworks, rubrics, and processes that produce returns across many future periods. The ROI is multiplicative.

## Why this term exists

Track your compile-to-runtime ratio. Every hour of compile time produces returns in every future period. Runtime produces returns in exactly one.

## See also

- [Knowledge Capital](https://templeton.host/frameworks/knowledge-capital)
- [Runtime](https://templeton.host/lexicon/runtime)
- [Construction Spread](https://templeton.host/lexicon/construction-spread)

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