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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Hasn’t this always been the case? Software development is a balance between efficiency of code execution and efficiency of code creation. 20 years ago people had to code directly in assembly to make games like Roller Coaster Tycoon, but today they can use C++ (or even more abstract systems like Unity)

    We hit the point where hardware is fast enough for most users about 15 years ago, and ever since we’ve been using faster hardware to allow for lazier code creation (which is good, since it means we get more software per man-hour worked)




  • You want to know the difference between Reddit and Wikipedia? One of them is for-profit, and one of them is non-profit. Reddit acted like a benevolent entity so long as it worked to help them grow their user base. But they always knew that their user base was their product, and it was inevitable that they would try to monetize it. Wikipedia (and hopefully the lemmyverse) exist solely for their users, and which is why they have basically stuck around as one of the last truly public service websites