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Why do software nowadays take so much more memory and processing power (dietpi.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I fully agree with this. But I would phrase it slightly differently.

As computers and resources become better, and the libraries become more comprehensive, it takes fewer people less time to develop software that's good enough, but is a resource hog compared to the past. So the trend is software is going to use resources available so that the programmers don't have to spend too much time programming.

All software is built in an ecosystem of today, so it has to be good enough for today, but it doesn't have to run well on older hardware. Because the feedback loop doesn't include efficiency, it just includes good enough

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
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