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		glandium on Oct 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think Not GP, but: Building Firefox on a macbook air or pro M1: half an hour. Fastest M1 max is around 15 minutes. Building Firefox on my Threadripper workstation: 5 minutes.

simfoo on Oct 6, 2022 [–]

This is also my experience. Large Rust/C/C++ code bases will easily compile 3-4x as quickly with a fast workstation as with a top end laptop. I blame thermal design and power limits

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