> once it is good enough then there is absolutely nothing to be gained by wasting time on seeking performance gains.
Energy consumption, loading time, performance for anyone who does not have the latest computer/phone + fast and reliable internet.
In fact, every dev coding a user-facing application on a kitted-out laptop should be forced to test it with the shittiest machine + internet connection their users might have (or, say, 10% percentile or something). Sometimes it feels people live in a bubble where they assume the latest processors, 32GB of RAM, and stable 100Mbps+ internet is available everywhere.
> It matters nothing if your browser wastes 1GB of RAM even though it could just use 100MB because practically everyone already has 8GB to begin with
Energy consumption, loading time, performance for anyone who does not have the latest computer/phone + fast and reliable internet.
In fact, every dev coding a user-facing application on a kitted-out laptop should be forced to test it with the shittiest machine + internet connection their users might have (or, say, 10% percentile or something). Sometimes it feels people live in a bubble where they assume the latest processors, 32GB of RAM, and stable 100Mbps+ internet is available everywhere.
> It matters nothing if your browser wastes 1GB of RAM even though it could just use 100MB because practically everyone already has 8GB to begin with
Yep, a bubble indeed x)