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This isn't true when your software runs on thousands or millions of users' machines. It's common for consumer software to use 10, 100, or even 1000 times as mu
by slotrans 4y ago
This isn't true when your software runs on thousands or millions of users' machines.
It's common for consumer software to use 10, 100, or even 1000 times as much memory as is needed. If that forces every user to buy $200 of extra RAM, it is definitely more costly than developer time.
Besides, what else is developer time getting spent on? Take Slack for example. For the past 8 years or so, Slack -- who employs thousands of engineers, mind you -- has spent developer time on two things: 1) breaking the UI for no reason, and 2) reducing memory usage. Only one of those things has benefited me as a user!