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it's the ones who rave "microoptimizations matter goddamn it!" who will try to shave 150ms off the "send money" screen of the banking app and not notice that th
by pydry 2y ago
it's the ones who rave "microoptimizations matter goddamn it!" who will try to shave 150ms off the "send money" screen of the banking app and not notice that the app takes up 750MB of storage.
- anon7000 2y agoOne of those matters a lot more to most users
- joshstrange 2y agoIt's kind of funny because I'm not 100% sure which one you are talking about. I assume it's the time, storage be damned. I agree that's probably what users will say but in that world (picking speed over storage) we will see this exact same article posted with a stronger focus on the app size (the post does make at least 1 mention of app size).
- danaris 2y ago...or maybe the ones who have the ability to shave 150ms off the "send money" screen do not have the authority to affect how big the app is overall.
- joshstrange 2y agoOr spend 2 days shaving off 150ms that no one asked for when we have much more pressing features. I don't care if the button is faster if the action it kicks off doesn't work. The road to hell and all of that...
- TZubiri 2y agoBut it's usually the other way around? Lightweight usually means faster. It's takes less bandwidth, it can be cached more efficiently at network edges and in CPU cache. There exist tradeoffs that might make bulkier applications worth it, like faster and cheaper development I guess.