Post AC8rOMeT64Z2KAc6nQ by yakkoj@mastodon.technology
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 (DIR) Post #AC8rOJwRAo9fv1zut6 by yakkoj@mastodon.technology
       2021-06-03T21:40:56Z
       
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       1950: the first software goes under maintenance.1960: some programmers wonder when the exponentially-decreasing performance of software will stop.1970: we need more core, more disk, more offline storage, more more more.1981: oh... LISA will need a hard drive just to boot. Only $3500 for 5MB!1990: just throw more RAM and hard drive at the performance problem.2000: EVERYTHING IS C++ OH MY2010-: try hiding resource issues caused by bad software practices any old way you can.
       
 (DIR) Post #AC8rOMeT64Z2KAc6nQ by yakkoj@mastodon.technology
       2021-06-03T21:44:42Z
       
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       In reality, your computing from 2011 could easily run today's software if we hadn't bought the myth that developer time optimizing software wasn't worth the effortExecutives of companies responsible for shifting product took it as a challenge to see how tightly they could crank that refresh cycle, so it's why we stupidly upgrade our fashion statements yearly (though that has little to do with poor software and more to do with greed and stupidity).