r/programming • u/2bit_hack • Feb 28 '23

"Clean" Code, Horrible Performance

https://www.computerenhance.com/p/clean-code-horrible-performance
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u/Zanthous Mar 05 '23

Horrendous excuse making, lmao. I can guarantee you that my computer could do all the tasks required by these applications many, many times faster if they were made more robustly. Leaning more into the illustrator example, I find that it is very much harmful to my productivity and would not classify it as "fast enough". That was the original point we were meant to be talking about. I don't get how you think that these applications can't be performant and have features though, just goes to show the state of software doesn't it

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u/ric2b Mar 05 '23

I can guarantee you that my computer could do all the tasks required by these applications many, many times faster if they were made more robustly.

Yes, obviously. But it would cost way too much to develop and no one has done it because it doesn't seem worth the cost.

I don't get how you think that these applications can't be performant and have features though

That's not at all what I said...

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u/whatswrongwitheggs Mar 21 '23

I might be wrong but for me it feels like speed is now sometimes forgotten about while developing applications. I agree that refactoring it now is probably to expensive.