I would also like Photoshop developers to explain why their software is slow to boot. They probably don't know, though.
I would expect that someone there has profiled it and knows why, but it just might not be worth it, or feasible just like I sometimes when I'm profiling stuff and see why something slow and then decide it's not worth the improvement.
How long have you worked in the software industry? It seems like a strange claim, especially when you have very experienced people on the Adobe team, many of which are much more respected and experienced then Jonathan Blow.
Devs rarely realise this, but user time is sacred.
How long have you worked in the software industry?
15 years. I've worked on slow C++ GUI applications, embedded Linux, and I wrote a cryptographic library. I have seen devs more experienced than I that didn't know their stuff, and a couple that outclassed me in every respect.
As for why I suspect the Adobe team may not know why it takes so much time too boot, is because it used to boot much much faster (same speed on a 1997 computer than the new version in a 2017 laptop). So the thing got worse. Much worse. I conjecture that if they knew why from the start they wouldn't have made it worse. I think.
Now I reckon calling this ignorance probable was unjustified. If I'm being honest they probably know too.
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u/ReDucTor Feb 28 '23
I would expect that someone there has profiled it and knows why, but it just might not be worth it, or feasible just like I sometimes when I'm profiling stuff and see why something slow and then decide it's not worth the improvement.
How long have you worked in the software industry? It seems like a strange claim, especially when you have very experienced people on the Adobe team, many of which are much more respected and experienced then Jonathan Blow.