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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by TeMPOraL on Monday May 18, 2020 @09:09AM (#23221827)
> Either I'd spend a day optimizing, and maybe fixing the issue. Or we just spend 50 euros a month more on a server.

So, discounting additional effects like more satisfied userbase, the optimization would pay for itself in a year. And optimizations stack.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by ClikeX on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:49AM (#23334621)
Yes, that was my thought process as well. But management didn't agree. To them, the short term cost of me optimizing the problem was higher than the long term costs would be.
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