Bloat in software is getting WAAAY out of hand

7 pointsposted 11 hours ago
by sdrawkcabsti

Item id: 46403964

4 Comments

throwaway5465

3 hours ago

You encountered an App Spam. They litter app stores. Like spam videos on YouTube.

It only makes an ever stronger case for good software.

winstonwinston

11 hours 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

10 hours 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.

zzo38computer

11 hours 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.)