'Memory is Running Out, and So Are Excuses For Software Bloat' The relentless climb in memory prices driven by the AI boom's insatiable demand for datacenter hardware has renewed an old debate about whether modern software has grown inexcusably fat, a column by the...

'Memory is Running Out, and So Are Excuses For Software Bloat' #Technology #SoftwareEngineering #Other #SoftwareBloat #Efficiency #TechIndustry

No Adobe! I don't need you to cryptographically verify all the signatures contained in this PDF before you load it. Just show me the bloody document. Arghhhh!

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Handy's 120MB memory footprint for basic speech-to-text sparked a big debate on HN. Is this the new normal for "lightweight" apps? It highlights growing concerns about software bloat in modern desktop tools. 💻 #SoftwareBloat 2/6

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When upgrading to #Mastodon v4.4.5, assets recompilation took over 3 hours on 1 GB #RaspberryPi 3, once finally succeeded. The system failed twice at around 90 minutes for whatever reason and required a power cycle (it's headless and couldn't get any logs). I ended up replacing the SD card just […]

People say #SoftwareBloat is not a thing and I present to you a 4.2GB difference in installation size depending on the existence of #.NETframework or not... That's ridiculous... 4.2GB... why?

HN discussion on software bloat: security risks & maintenance challenges. Debates using dependencies vs. writing code from scratch. Explores how package managers, dev speed, & culture contribute to complexity. #SoftwareBloat 1/6

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Microsoft is paywalling these features in Notepad and Paint
www.pcworld.com/article/2614943/microsof...

For decades, Notepad and Paint have been the epitome of "keep it simple" in software design: lightweight application, minimum […]

The Power Macintosh 6500’s software bundle sure loaded a lot of extensions 😬

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