Post AzAyLSHHycjkPzYLGi by matt@toot.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #AzAyLNIsTI2KzTG2YC by matt@toot.cafe
       2025-10-13T13:01:48Z
       
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       Has anyone ever done a systematic study of what causes non-web applications, especially desktop apps, to start up slowly? I have my hunches, but they're just that, not anything scientific.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzAyLSHHycjkPzYLGi by matt@toot.cafe
       2025-10-13T13:03:05Z
       
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       It continues to be a problem, even in these days of NVMe SSDs. It seems to especially be a problem with some products that have a long history and thus, probably, a lot of technical debt.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzAyLXQgp6EAOazQ7E by matt@toot.cafe
       2025-10-13T13:05:43Z
       
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       And the obvious follow-up question is: how does one design an application for fast startup and maintain that over the long term? If I remember correctly, this is an explicit goal of Chromium, or at least used to be.