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Bloat in software is getting WAAAY out of hand

7•sdrawkcabsti•6h ago
I saw a Sudoku game the other day-SUDOKU you know a few numbers-that took 40 seconds to load, and then caused the phone to overheat while in play, while splashing ads here and there. Its sad. That was the very definition to me of "giving into bloat". Nobody cares about efficiency anymore, and in fact are going in the opposite direction. Substituting bloat for actual programming knowledge, many of these game developers never touched a single ounce of code nor would know how to begin with. Just downloaded some bloaty API and pump out games on an engine that requires 4TB to run (so basically it means spoiled brats are using it) I have given up on computer science which I used to love so much. Anymore its just...disappointing how the world adapted to it. very...very disappointing. All that potential yet it is all wasted on bloat, redundant security and moneygrubbing before the first pixel is ever drawn.

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zzo38computer•6h ago
I thought so too, and I agree with you. Your explanation looks like OK, to me; it is wasted on bloat and other stuff like you mention.

> Nobody cares about efficiency anymore

Some people do care, but unfortunately it is not common enough now.

(I am one programmer who does not like this bloat.)

winstonwinston•6h ago
It is more scary that many (most) websites now use SPA frameworks that randomly crash itself, cannot even load on a iPad with 2GB of RAM or use 100% CPU constantly.
skydhash•5h ago
I just visit an article on Microsoft's devblog and the page was blank with JS disabled. I can't think on how JS rendering is more performant than server rendering and caching. We view the article more times than it being edited.