Solved a problem while maintaining backward compatibility using reflection... Then i had to spend half an hour to justify using reflection.

Reflection is your friend (just don't overuse it)

Agree.

"We should not use x, it's too slow."
"So, how long does it take?"
"Errrr,... dis errr.. eh"
"Is it 0.5 milliseconds, or closer to a second?"
"I don't really, i guess..."
"How often is it called?"
"I don't know the exact value..."
"15 times per second or closer to once or twice a day when the app is startet?"

Yeah i know, reflection is slow, runtimes are slow, garbage collection is slow, jit-compiling is slow. "Common knowledge" my ass.

Moral of the story: never overuse your friends.

@shellbug totally lol