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> software grows and evolves in complexity over time AKA software bloat. The amount of layers of garbage in an OS today is horrendous.
by sys_64738 3y ago
> software grows and evolves in complexity over time
AKA software bloat. The amount of layers of garbage in an OS today is horrendous.
- kstrauser 3y agoI don’t miss each program coming with its own set of printer drivers. Or only having one type of storage: a directly attached disk of one of a few specifically supported models. Or each program having to decode images in its own code. Or having to POKE specific memory addresses to put a dot on the screen. Each of those layers provide baseline functionality that lots of programs can use. Most of the time, “bloat” is another way to say “the features I don’t use”. Yes, sometimes people push bad code to production. Other times it’s new inherently more complex code that makes computers nicer to use.
- Gigachad 3y agoWhich layers do you think are not useful?