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One of the very best things I ever did while working on an Android app was to buy a dirt cheap phone. Every performance problem was obvious. Every fix was a cl
by Groxx 4y ago
One of the very best things I ever did while working on an Android app was to buy a dirt cheap phone.
Every performance problem was obvious. Every fix was a clear improvement. And when things were acceptable there, the app absolutely screamed on modern phones. We had startup times faster than Android's launch animation with a little bit of care. Our users loved it.
- gregsadetsky 4y agoAmen! The equivalent for web development would be to set the network throttling (two clicks in the Chrome DevTools) to the 3G preset, packet drops and all
- kiririn 4y agoFor web dev don’t underestimate the impact of low end hardware too. Browsing on a slow CPU is more painful than it has any right to be