Yeah this is my thing with technological advancement for the sake of technological advancement. There are so many things that were already possible with the technology we’ve had for decades yet because more people have access to increasingly more resources, alongside the crunch that comes along with game development these days, there seems to be far less focus on resource management and compatibility when software is being developed. Less “engineering”, less clean up, and more “just make it do the thing”.
I also feel this way about modern browsing. No way a fucking webpage needs the same amount of memory as an entire OS did 20 years ago. But resources are plentiful, so why would the average web developer give a second thought to optimization?
A large part of me swears it’s a racket to keep people buying the latest and greatest hardware but it very well could just be symptomatic of needing to pump out a usable/marketable/profitable product in as little time as it can possibly be done.
Yeah this is my thing with technological advancement for the sake of technological advancement. There are so many things that were already possible with the technology we’ve had for decades yet because more people have access to increasingly more resources, alongside the crunch that comes along with game development these days, there seems to be far less focus on resource management and compatibility when software is being developed. Less “engineering”, less clean up, and more “just make it do the thing”.
I also feel this way about modern browsing. No way a fucking webpage needs the same amount of memory as an entire OS did 20 years ago. But resources are plentiful, so why would the average web developer give a second thought to optimization?
A large part of me swears it’s a racket to keep people buying the latest and greatest hardware but it very well could just be symptomatic of needing to pump out a usable/marketable/profitable product in as little time as it can possibly be done.