Where does it come from? Is it still an artifact of the old times, where the difference between a program using 1MB instead of 7MB of memory was relevant?
From shitty file managers that can't handle my anime pictures directory.
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Anonymous2018-11-24 15:55
Developer time is more expensive than CPU time nowadays. Back in the days of mainframes, it was the opposite. But now, the focus is on spending less on development time, even if it means the program is slightly slower or uses more RAM on the user's desktop.
The only place where optimization makes sense is for the backend. If you can make your servers more efficient to the point that it saves you money, then it's worth hiring someone to do that kind of optimization. But the average "native client" being Electron is just fine for most use-cases, as opposed to some boomer method of using C and assembly and caring about everything being super fast.
Optimization, if manual rather than automated through something like a minifier or compiler, has been relegated to novelty shit like demo scene 64K shit, where it's a self-imposed restriction when computing resources are actually quite cheap and abundant these days.
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Anonymous2018-11-24 20:42
>>1 stop shilling your gay "file manager" everywhere, pajeet
>>1 >obesssion with performance That's like saying you hate optimization, cost reduction, savings, and progress >>3 Why can't your electron App work on my MIPS?