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1. zer0x4d · 1789777158 · focus · HN ↗

   Incredibly happy to see this series of CF articles. I was always so proud of devs back in the days where RAM and processing were scarce and who had to get creative to fit even the most basic stuff in the budget. It seemed to me that after RAM and processing became abundant, most gave up on optimization and focused on shipping instead which meant now that even with several cores, a basic notepad or music player failed to work. In a way, RAM becoming more expensive has ushered in a new era of forced optimizations, which I'm really happy for

   1. jfengel · 1789778922 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't remember those days with a ton of fondness. Yes, the challenge was fun, but I really wanted to ship it and get my product in the hands of customers. Now I can spend more time thinking about what they want and less time about what the computer wants.

      1. rstat1 · 1789785423 · focus · HN ↗

         And its this obsession with shipping things as fast as possible quality be dammed that got us basic weather apps that eat a gigabyte+ of RAM.

         1. CookieCrisp · 1789788150 · focus · HN ↗

            And yet the world still turned

            1. rvba · 1789854747 · focus · HN ↗

               For the rich, those in developing countries often were behind

               1. PorciiVorbesc · 1789860322 · focus · HN ↗

                  On the contrary. Industrial developing countries saw bigger % increases in their economic growth in the last couple of decades than the fully developed "old" western ones. Mostly due to "the rich" shipping western jobs there to cut costs and increase their margins.

                  For example the likes of Poland, China, India and Vietnam were and still are growing like crazy when you compare to the likes of UK or Germany.

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