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> There is absolutely ZERO reason why a modern operating system or some rudimentary site with 10K users should not be blazing fast. This just isn’t true: optim
by fiddlerwoaroof 2y ago
> There is absolutely ZERO reason why a modern operating system or some rudimentary site with 10K users should not be blazing fast.
This just isn’t true: optimizing for speed is always a trade-off and, when an application is fast enough, it can be wasteful to focus on speed rather than other factors
- resonious 2y agoI think we all know this, but have different definitions of "fast enough".
- patrick451 2y agoAlmost no website or application in 2024 is fast enough. HN itself is the only website I can think of which is "fast enough".
- fiddlerwoaroof 2y agoAs a general rule, the people who make this decision don’t agree; which is why we’re surrounded by slow websites.
- patrick451 2y agoI agree. But it doesn't help when engineers are always whispering in their ear about the supposed evils of premature optimization and that things are fast enough anyway.