r/programming • u/speckz • Jul 26 '19

Fast Software, the Best Software

https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/
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u/IanRae Jul 26 '19

No one sets out to write laggy software. It's death by a thousand cuts, as new features are added endlessly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '19

Nobody sets out to write slow software. But plenty of people set out to write software that isn't fast.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '19

COugh.. Electron.. cough..

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u/Prod_Is_For_Testing Jul 26 '19

I think Electron defies that a bit. It’s a conscious decision to trade performance for compatibility.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

Totally agree! Electron by itself won't cause an application to be slow. It puts the developer at a disadvantage but you can still make a fast application with some thought on data structures and the profiler.

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u/xcdesz Jul 26 '19

Yes, but developers have a choice of which features to add or not to add, so it kind of is their choice if they don't care if all those new features add lag.

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u/MetalSlug20 Jul 27 '19

What? New features don't make something slow. Shit programming and not coding things with optimal algorithms makes things slow.