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As a developer, I think we'd all be better off if all software was developed on 5-year-old machines, databases pre-loaded with a million records, and Redis and

As a developer, I think we'd all be better off if all software was developed on 5-year-old machines, databases pre-loaded with a million records, and Redis and Memcached swapped out with instances that use disk, not RAM.

candeira 11y ago
Not related to performance, but please let's add "on machines connected with average DSL speeds and sporting medium-resolution screens."
- kps 11y ago
  … and phones with a 1G per month data cap, and no connectivity half the day.
  - Tyr42 11y ago
    1G? That's so generous. Try surviving on 20MB a month. It's possible, but you really notice whenever things fail to be cached. (I'm looking at you google maps!)
    - zymhan 11y ago
      You can save an offline version of a Google Map in the smartphone app: https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567?hl=en https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567?hl=en
      - Tyr42 11y ago
        Yes, but it will get deleted if your phone runs out of space (at least, that's what I'm assuming happened to the map, because I did download a local cache before leaving the hotel).