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I have an unpopular pet theory: the exponentially growing software bloat actually exists to slow computers back down to bearable levels for common folks, and th
by numpad0 10mo ago
I have an unpopular pet theory: the exponentially growing software bloat actually exists to slow computers back down to bearable levels for common folks, and that's why the most bloated frameworks have consistently replaced obsolete, less bloated ones, throughout the last decade.
Why else are everything now seem to be wrappers for wrappers? What if the bloat was, subconsciously or whatever, the point?
- immibis 10mo agoThe purpose of a system is what it does, after all. You might be onto something.
- tracker1 10mo agoMore bloated frameworks and the wife variety of packages built on then allow for faster feature development from less skilled and less experienced developers... Though plenty of experienced developers implement Enterprise patterns that bring plenty of bloat with them. Electron as bad as it can be, has allowed for a level of cross platform applications in practice that has never existed... It's bloated on several levels. Most of that ease in being able to deliver software that works well enough and quickly doing so wouldn't be possible without the improvements in technology.