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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 21 hours ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] G_M0N3Y_2503@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Optomisation often has a cost, weather it's code complexity, maintenance or even just salary. So it has to be worth it, and there are many areas where it isn't enough unfortunately.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

And that lazy mentality just passes the cost to the consumer.

[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Your spelling is terrible

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Bro just denied bro's lemmy comment pull request

[–] G_M0N3Y_2503@lemmy.zip -1 points 6 hours ago

Oops, forgot the AI step

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Exactly the mindset responsible for the state of modern software.