mulanderJul 17, 2018

There should be a global 'awareness' week for developers. For a week reduce your RAM to 2 GB, disable all cores except 2, downscale your resolution to 1366x768 and cap your internet at 1 Mbps (or less for mobile developers)...

Maybe, just maybe we will start to have less crappy, bloated software.

Show threadShawn Webb
@mulander And add random packet loss, averaging around 10%.
Jul 17, 2018 at 3:39pmWeb
Show threadmulanderJul 17, 2018
@lattera and a google captcha each time they try to compile code if the project contains cloudflare references.
Show threadKenJul 17, 2018
@lattera @mulander I can just modify a VM to run tests on with a network conditioner on it
Show threadmulanderJul 17, 2018
@kenrachynski @lattera it's easier to write off poor performance when you're observing it in a controlled environment - not living it.
Show threadKenJul 17, 2018

@mulander @lattera good point. though, I apparently had been living it with my Windows VM... needed to put an unlimited network conditioner on to get anywhere close to my host network capabilities.

Months I spent like this.