> Modern software is crap. It's orders of magnitude slower than it should be, it's buggy, and,yes, bloated.
And, that's where he lost me. Software was always crap. Emacs = Eight Megabytes and constantly swapping.
Because even if you squeeze every last cent of performance, someone will have a great idea that will spend each dime you saved and then even add some debt on it.
Performance is never a positive as much as a disqualifying negative. Features are what sell the software. Why would people use/pay for IDEs over a free text editor.
And if you listen to Casey's advice, well, be ready to rewrite your entire stack because almost no software today is willing to do what you need.
It's a good advice if you know you'll keep programming for next 120-30000 years. And don't have any competition willing to cut corners.
And, that's where he lost me. Software was always crap. Emacs = Eight Megabytes and constantly swapping.
Because even if you squeeze every last cent of performance, someone will have a great idea that will spend each dime you saved and then even add some debt on it.
Performance is never a positive as much as a disqualifying negative. Features are what sell the software. Why would people use/pay for IDEs over a free text editor.
And if you listen to Casey's advice, well, be ready to rewrite your entire stack because almost no software today is willing to do what you need. It's a good advice if you know you'll keep programming for next 120-30000 years. And don't have any competition willing to cut corners.