i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
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@eniko That, and also I'd want internet-connected applications out of things where they have no sane reason to be.
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@daviddoes @eniko Within reasonable limits, I am willing to pay for there to *not* be an app.
@datarama @daviddoes @eniko I don't because Apps generate extra costs and why should I pay more to save the manufacturer money.
Fuck 'em.
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@eniko But then the boss would have fewer people to manage, and be unable to justify his job. Most software changes are about employment for engineers, not necessity. Grr.
As a software engineer I want computer languages and frameworks that stay stable for decades rather than have a new release every year that obsoletes old programs and requires a rewrite. But I don't get to have that :(.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place I agree. Applications shouldn't be small small, but just have one topic around them.
I don't need to micro manage everything but I dont want wechat like mega apps -
i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko I also want the updates to spend more time in UAT/Staging instead of being pushed straight into production.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko So say we all. Or at least any of us with any sense.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
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@daviddoes @eniko Within reasonable limits, I am willing to pay for there to *not* be an app.
@datarama @daviddoes @eniko I do not only want my toaster to be part of a botnet, I want my toaster to not have electronics AT ALL.
There is no reason for my fridge, toaster or oven to have a microcontroller. Really, we've been doing these things a century and today we seem to default to adding microcontrollers to everything.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko
isnt þe unix philosophy "every program should do one job and do it well"? can we just make þat law? i would love a world where every program solved / did one þing i wanted and nþn else. -
i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko This reminds me of one of the favorite apps on my phone: Animated Knots by Grog.
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/animated-knots-by-grog/id376302649
It has detailed explanations of almost 200 knots, and animations on how to tie all of them.It hasn’t been updated for years, because it’s basically done. I bought it once for the price of a coffee, and now I just use it whenever I need something more than my 3 standard knots.
(I have dyslexia-but-for-ropes, and this is the only way I can learn new knots.)
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@bencourtice @eniko
I still call programs for desktop use programs. "App" for me is a word for mobile device programs. -
i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko Preach.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko this sounds exactly like my kinda job
(well except the paid part)*Looks at my projects which have an update every few months with few features*
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko I can switch on a BBC micro and load View in less time than I can wake my Windows 11 laptop and load MS Word. Seems that the faster computers become; the longer it takes to do the same things with them.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko +9001%
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@eniko can we also request the coders to have a nap time during the day? Rest is important, and I'm not kidding about that either.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko I miss the days where getting an update was like christmas. Now I mumble to myself 'what did you mess up this time..'
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko And fewer applications. Today I learned that Ubuntu now has Snapshot, as well as screenshot but that Snapshot shows up as Camera, though it didn't when it was called Cheese. This happened 2 years ago.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko Agreed! Updates are becoming an annoyance, like a swarm of gnats.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
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