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▲ hagbard_c 12 hours ago

The speed with which this thing launches in a browser should put shame on the faces of current IDE developers. While VB itself was nothing to write home about there certainly was something lost when hardware became more powerful. Imagine what current and 'recent' hardware were capable of if only efficiency was taken seriously again. Maybe generative AI can provide a boost where human developers would rather spend their time on chasing the latest fads, adding yet another feature or inversely removing even more functionality in an attempt to create the 'perfect' sparse application? Let the humans think up the features and write the initial implementation, then loosen the bots on the code to make it run as efficiently as possible on hardware which used to be current a few generations back.

▲hyperhello 11 hours ago | parent [-]

The power relationship between the computer and the human has shifted since then. We want our computers to run slower so we don’t feel quite so inferior.

▲fuzzzerd 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't. It's a machine, it should be fast and efficient.

▲hyperhello 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you sure? A UI based on instant gratification? Seeing everything simply blink into place instantly might not be as fun as you think after the newness wears out.

Anyway, if you really want to, you can emulate old OSs with a very fast modern computer. Some emulators even bridge the network and file system to support enough that you can really live in it.

▲aero_code 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I would love if everything on a computer were instant. One of the fastest programs I use is Sublime Merge for a Git UI. It opens and does everything so fast, and I love it. Since the first time I opened it, I haven't even opened the previous Git GUI I was using, even though I like both their UIs about the same. I had to buy Sublime Merge, compared to the free app I was using before it.

It's not just me who prefers everything as fast as possible, but true of people in general. Google measured that slowing down loading a search page by only 400ms caused people to do fewer searches. And the biggest reason I heard people say they switched to Chrome was that it was faster than other browsers (which was true for the first couple years after release).

▲hyperhello 9 hours ago | parent [-]

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▲nvme0n1p1 8 hours ago | parent [-]

The less work something has to do, the faster it is, and the less things that can go wrong.

Compare a simple light switch circuit vs a "smart" light switch that's slow because your smart hub talks to some AWS service. Or a native app vs an electron monstrosity that takes 10 seconds to load.

Yes, I want my tools to be fast, not only for speed's sake, but because speed is a sign of simplicity and reliability.

▲bitwize 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Are you sure? A UI based on instant gratification? Seeing everything simply blink into place instantly might not be as fun as you think after the newness wears out.

laughs in Amiga

▲sakesun 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I guess you don't have the same opinion with your vehicle.

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