Constrained resources often lead to exceptionally brilliant software. It’s as if resource constraints inspire a form of discipline and frugality that’s demanded

Constrained resources often lead to exceptionally brilliant software. It’s as if resource constraints inspire a form of discipline and frugality that’s demanded from us. We become acutely aware of it, and reprimand our brains from complacency. From Apollo program to today’s Internet-of-Shit, somewhere we lost our ability to focus and bloated ourselves with sugar-high of processing power and memory. Just because it exists, and is cheap, doesn’t mean it’s good for you.