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Re:"Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware be... by loglog on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:05PM (#39017426)
In enterprise software, optimizing performance usually means removing the custom stuff.
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Re:"Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware be... by threatofrain on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:20PM (#39017678)
I think it's the opposite. With exception to startups like Bun, it's big businesses that can marshall enough financial justification to do high-performance rewrites and maintain custom code.

A common complaint on HN is bloated web performance. Surely we don't think the web is bloated because of too much custom code as opposed to too many off-the-shelf components?

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