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Re:Xray – An experimental next-generation Electron-based tex... by z3phyr on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @12:17AM (#16527034)
I think the bottleneck in the 90s was not software, but hardware. Most of the software was almost as capable and arguably more efficient than the software made _today_

The most efficient software today is still built with the lower level mindset of conserving memory and increasing runtime performance (Browsers, Compilers, Vector Graphics, Games etc)

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Re:Xray – An experimental next-generation Electron-based tex... by ahtu123 on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @09:31AM (#16529048)
It's still important to not create ridiculous software. The majority of devices have batteries and sloppy programming will kill the uptime. That's the main reason I delete things. One editor I can run for 8 hours on a full battery and another one for 2h.
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