i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding

[wolf480pl@mstdn.io]

@badtux
I think there's enough work refactoring, cleaning up code, fixing old bugs, improving the testsuite, etc. that a same-sized team could do it for years without adding new features.
@eniko

[kura@hai.z0ne.social]

@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

[at1st@mstdn.ca]

@eniko I also want the updates to spend more time in UAT/Staging instead of being pushed straight into production.

[swetland@chaos.social]

@eniko So say we all. Or at least any of us with any sense.

[psu_13@toot.wales]

@eniko @carol https://mutable-states.com/slow-code.html

[blyxyas@tech.lgbt]

@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.

[q@social.quotequack.xyz]

@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.

[slothrop@chaos.social]

@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.)

[kleines_z@queer.group]

@bencourtice @eniko
I still call programs for desktop use programs. "App" for me is a word for mobile device programs.

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@eniko Preach.

[lo@wetdry.world]

@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*

[technicaladept@techhub.social]

@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.

[netzblockierer@tech.lgbt]

@eniko +9001%
I want smaller, auditable, reproduceable and simple systems!

[akesi_anima@mastodon.art]

@jhooper @eniko if you work remote you can nap whenever you want

source: I do this every day

[jabwd@mastodon.social]

@eniko I miss the days where getting an update was like christmas. Now I mumble to myself 'what did you mess up this time..'

[woo@fosstodon.org]

@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.

[kctipton@mas.to]

@eniko Agreed! Updates are becoming an annoyance, like a swarm of gnats.

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

posts on mastodon can't blow up they said

mastodon has low engagement they said

[pouncy_panda@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko looks like copying being the highest form of flattery is also possible in the fediverse https://donotsta.re/objects/67cb9b8d-ff23-4e10-8af3-f26ec1c50ac3

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@pouncy_panda eh, that one's a bit different from mine so i wouldn't jump to conclusions

though even if someone copied it verbatim, in this case i'd probably just be happy to see this thought spreading further