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I feel a little sad every time someone says "We have much higher CPU power/memory now, those things are unnecessary". Maybe they are right but I feel like this
by shultays 11y ago
I feel a little sad every time someone says "We have much higher CPU power/memory now, those things are unnecessary". Maybe they are right but I feel like this is not the path we should take
- JustSomeNobody 11y ago100% agree. And this goes for everything from server side, to games, to mobile to client side web. Some of my favorite web sites have gone from a 1-2 second load time to well over 6 seconds. And then they're sluggish after they load. It's sad.
- kuschku 11y agoYou even see this with Google. A typical Google search from 2009: "Meaning of Life: Approximately 72,000,000 Results (0,00000042 Seconds)" A typical Google search today: "Meaning of Life: Approximately 364,000,000 Results (0,62 Seconds)"
- Cthulhu_ 11y agoIt's not, but what is true is that people can focus more on features than on hacks to squeeze the maximum performance out of their system of choice.
- jimmaswell 11y agoIf we're free to not waste time on tons of little performance hacks anymore, why do them anyway?