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At some point, internet connections will be fast enough to make them indistinguishable form a local machine. Today, that is not true. In my own job, I straddle
by ChiMan 3y ago
At some point, internet connections will be fast enough to make them indistinguishable form a local machine. Today, that is not true.
In my own job, I straddle cloud-based and local machine-based software. Overwhelmingly, the cloud-based software is slow to the extent that it removes at least 40 points of IQ and offsets a decade of experience. The intellect and mental speed I have spent a lifetime building are simply washed away by latency that shuts my mind down, effectively turning me into a ninth-grader. Sure the company pays me as if I continue to generate output becoming of my generous salary. But I maintain the illusion simply by spending many hours on weekends with copious amounts of coffee and, at times, gin, doing work on cloud-based software that, on the "outdated" local software, used to take minutes.
Cloud software is among the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on the American consumer.
- nomel 3y agoI play PC and VR games on ShadowPC. I can’t tell the difference with a controller, and the latency with a keyboard and mouse is like a cheap Bluetooth mouse. I think the key for these is relatively local data centers. Once ISPs cohost, or get in on the game themselves, we’re set!
- simfree 3y agoHaving the database on the same server as the application significantly improves responsiveness of applications. Many of these cloud applications choose fragmentary architectures with data sprinkled across many discreet servers that are milliseconds or tens of milliseconds away from each other, resulting in significant delays compared to doing these blocking operations against a local database. Cloud native isn't always the right choice, sometimes CRUD apps should have a local database just for the responsiveness benefits.
- nullindividual 3y agoHaving databases on the same server as the application can also slow both down and introduce potential security issues.
- ffhhttt 3y ago> At some point, internet connections will be fast enough to make them indistinguishable form a local machine Has latency really improved that much lately? At least for gaming latency has been more or less constant for me over the last ~10 years or so. And if the server is in the same city or quite close to you I think it’s already possible but possibly not that useful.
- tekchip 3y agoThis here. Everyone talks like bandwidth is what's lacking. The reality is latency is the problem and you can't overcome the physics (currently). MS's cloud PC's can get stuffed.