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And yet in some ways, modern computers feel slower than those from decades ago. Software today is so, so much less efficient than it was back then.
by kylec 5mo ago
And yet in some ways, modern computers feel slower than those from decades ago. Software today is so, so much less efficient than it was back then.
- criddell 5mo agoIn some meaningful ways they are measurably slower. https://danluu.com/input-lag/ https://danluu.com/input-lag/
- ray__ 5mo agoGreat article. This is the kind of web design that I like.
- russfink 5mo agoUntil recently, it was always cheaper to forego software architecture optimizations and rely on faster hardware, but now with AI I think this changes that calculus.
- sscaryterry 5mo agoYes and no. Faster hardware doesn’t solve pathologically broken algorithms :)
- fragmede 5mo agoWorth's law: Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.
- sscaryterry 5mo agoYep, and its nothing new :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_Bill%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_Bill%27s_law
- fragmede 5mo ago*Wirth
- Capricorn2481 5mo agoWell I had to move music off a 10 year old laptop and I can assure you things aren't slower in the ways that matter. It was borderline unusable. I am happy with SSDs and not getting viruses off of websites, personally.
- omoikane 5mo agoReminds me of this story about every app being sluggish on a relatively new machine, compared to equivalent apps running on a 20+ year old machine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36503983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36503983 - Fast machines, slow machines (2023-06-28, 346 comments)