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Re:Jonathan Blow on Societal Collapse (2019) by rstat1 on Friday August 26, 2022 @09:34PM (#32614690)
Kinda think that you celebrating being wasteful is proving his point.

In my mind writing performant, somewhat efficient code does nothing but improve the UX, and if you actually care about your users having a good experience using your software then you shouldn't be celebrating wastefulness.

Re:Jonathan Blow on Societal Collapse (2019) by Ygg2 on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:15PM (#32614947)
Wasteful is relative. By focusing on optimization you are being wasteful with programmer's time.
Re:Jonathan Blow on Societal Collapse (2019) by rstat1 on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:56PM (#32615492)
Making a better product is not wasteful of anyone's time.
Re:Jonathan Blow on Societal Collapse (2019) by Ygg2 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:31AM (#32618749)
Better for who?

What you consider good and I consider good for a product can, but doesn't have to be the same. And there is an opportunity cost in doing one or the other.