Re:VS Code uses 13% CPU when idle due to blinking cursor ren...
by andreareina on Friday March 24, 2017 @09:22PM
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> higher battery usage isn't a problem for most if it excels in the areas that matter
As engineers it's our responsibility to not spend our users' resources unnecessarily. This thinking is how we got to the bloated web where pages need a megabyte (or several) of code just to render. Could you imagine an architect saying, "yeah, this design costs 2x that other one, but my clients are rich so it doesn't really matter"? The old saw that "anyone can build a bridge that stands up; it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands up" applies.
As engineers it's our responsibility to not spend our users' resources unnecessarily. This thinking is how we got to the bloated web where pages need a megabyte (or several) of code just to render. Could you imagine an architect saying, "yeah, this design costs 2x that other one, but my clients are rich so it doesn't really matter"? The old saw that "anyone can build a bridge that stands up; it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands up" applies.