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> There is an urgent need for smaller, simpler software. No. There is not. The evidence proves the opposite. Users have problems and they pay good money to ha

> There is an urgent need for smaller, simpler software. No. There is not. The evidence proves the opposite. Users have problems and they pay good money to have them solved. They care not one bit how you achieve that. They neither care nor see that you installed 10,000 npm modules to make the text in your app also work for right-to-left arabic users. They don't care whether your app is 50MB or 150MB. You ship Electron and they see that their beloved app works on their iPad exactly as on the web browser your work PC has installed. In any case, most of the assumptions in the article are wrong anyway. > they can struggle to recognize our faces Hundreds of millions of iPhones are unlocked dozens of times per day, probably with face recognition.

nehal3m 3y ago
> They neither care nor see that you installed 10,000 npm modules to make the text in your app also work for right-to-left arabic users. They do care about being hacked, short load times and some guarantee of support in the future. > They don't care whether your app is 50MB or 150MB. Sysadmins, people with poor connections and people with cheap hardware do. > You ship Electron and they see that their beloved app works on their iPad exactly as on the web browser your work PC has installed. As in slow as balls. Sorry, that last one was a layup.
- Alifatisk 3y ago
  > They do care about being hacked, short load times and some guarantee of support in the future. Yeah, I do care about my integrity and support in the future (as a customer) but that’s not my responsibility, it’s yours as developer.
- knallfrosch 3y ago
  Yeah, we all care about good, fast software. But I don't think we (as in users) "need" small and fast software. Reality is often disappointing, but I don't see people choosing one music streaming service over the other because their desktop client is written in a more concise programming language.
lproven 3y ago
[Article author here] > Hundreds of millions of iPhones are unlocked dozens of times per day, probably with face recognition. You miss the point. https://www.asiaone.com/digital/woman-discovers-colleague-can-unlock-her-iphone-x-face-id https://www.asiaone.com/digital/woman-discovers-colleague-ca... https://www.quora.com/My-Apple-face-ID-opened-with-someone-else-s-face-Can-I-claim-money-from-Apple https://www.quora.com/My-Apple-face-ID-opened-with-someone-e... Etc. etc. In fact, you seem to miss most of my points.

nehal3m 3y ago

> They neither care nor see that you installed 10,000 npm modules to make the text in your app also work for right-to-left arabic users. They do care about being hacked, short load times and some guarantee of support in the future. > They don't care whether your app is 50MB or 150MB. Sysadmins, people with poor connections and people with cheap hardware do. > You ship Electron and they see that their beloved app works on their iPad exactly as on the web browser your work PC has installed. As in slow as balls. Sorry, that last one was a layup.

Alifatisk 3y ago
> They do care about being hacked, short load times and some guarantee of support in the future. Yeah, I do care about my integrity and support in the future (as a customer) but that’s not my responsibility, it’s yours as developer.
knallfrosch 3y ago
Yeah, we all care about good, fast software. But I don't think we (as in users) "need" small and fast software. Reality is often disappointing, but I don't see people choosing one music streaming service over the other because their desktop client is written in a more concise programming language.

lproven 3y ago

[Article author here] > Hundreds of millions of iPhones are unlocked dozens of times per day, probably with face recognition. You miss the point. https://www.asiaone.com/digital/woman-discovers-colleague-can-unlock-her-iphone-x-face-id https://www.asiaone.com/digital/woman-discovers-colleague-ca... https://www.quora.com/My-Apple-face-ID-opened-with-someone-else-s-face-Can-I-claim-money-from-Apple https://www.quora.com/My-Apple-face-ID-opened-with-someone-e... Etc. etc. In fact, you seem to miss most of my points.