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xtian
·3 года назад·discuss
> The truth of the matter is that 99% of real world applications run just fine, and it doesn't pay off to invest in shaving milliseconds here or there.

You're taking deep quaffs of the Kool-Aid and so are most of the people commenting on this story. General software responsiveness and reliability (i.e., usefulness) has been in decline for decades. This is an objective fact.

Writing objective reality off as mere "milliseconds", "edge-cases", or only relevant for "toy problems" exemplifies the arrogance and severe incompetence of most programmers. People are seriously trying to talk down to Casey Muratori when in all likelihood they haven't accomplished even 1% as much as him as programmers.

I get it—no one wants to leave fantasy-land as long as the easy money is flowing. But sooner or later the glittering carriage turns back into a pumpkin.
xtian
·3 года назад·discuss
So why do 99% of real world applications run like garbage? What’s the culprit?
xtian
·6 лет назад·discuss
What about updates or when something goes wrong?
xtian
·6 лет назад·discuss
Which of those do you think are accessible to the average user?
xtian
·9 лет назад·discuss
Right, we need to make sure that selling drugs continues to be a viable black market business model.