Board:   [DoveNet] Programming
Subject: Lookatthegrouse, Lookatth
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Fri Jun 06, 2025 10:33

Subject: Lookatthegrouse, Lookatthegrouse!
@VIA: DIGDIST
  Re: Lookatthegrouse, Lookatthegrouse!
  By: Arelor to Mortar on Fri Jun 06 2025 06:00 am

 Ar> The customer should care because when the developer decides to pull a
 Ar> library with 300 dependencies instead of writing half a dozen custom
 Ar> funtions he is forcing the customer to buy more RAM. When the developer
 Ar> uses a bad library that causes excess IO he is forcing the customer to
 Ar> upgrade his storage or networking gear. Basically, new school developing
 Ar> consists on passing on the expenses of inefficiency to the customer. It
 Ar> works because customers suckand deserve to die.

Generally efficiency is good, but there's an idea in software development that in general, you shouldn't re-invent the wheel.  Writing all of your own functions for everything takes time to develop and test, and when you're working for someone, that time is money.  In many cases, a lot of companies can justify using libraries if it can save them time and money.

Nightfox

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