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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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  • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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

    a@pdx.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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    #24

    @eniko Yes, please, still and forever. This is the phrasing I couldn't quite figure out.
    https://pdx.social/@a/115967994307784786

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    • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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

      clickhere@mastodon.ieC This user is from outside of this forum
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      #25

      @eniko Currently, my favourite app is Out-Run, and I think it's basically been abandoned by the developer.

      https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/out-run/id1477511092

      (Yes, that's probably not great for security vulnerability reasons.. 😬)

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      • randamumaki@mstdn.socialR randamumaki@mstdn.social

        @regendans No such problem with @delta fortunately.

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        #26

        @RandamuMaki @delta Yes, indeed. Very few software updates with DeltaChat and they appear to be a great team doing good things. 👌

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        • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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

          yon@sakurajima.moeY This user is from outside of this forum
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          #27

          @eniko What you don’t add is genuinely more important than what you do.

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          • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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

            craignicol@glasgow.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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            #28

            @eniko @Meyerweb first place to start is avoiding tracking, because those are bigger, have more updates and have more code.

            The challenging part is convincing your government and bank to do the same so you can still use their services.

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            • alice@lgbtqia.spaceA alice@lgbtqia.space

              @eniko speaking of which, I finally bought Kitsune Tails and Midboss last week—they're both a lot of fun 😊

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              #29

              @alice oh I'm so glad to hear you like them 😄

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              • regendans@todon.euR regendans@todon.eu

                @RandamuMaki @delta Yes, indeed. Very few software updates with DeltaChat and they appear to be a great team doing good things. 👌

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                @regendans @delta I just wish I knew more people in my social circles who either already use it or are willing to try it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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                • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                  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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                  #31
                  @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place so do i. what you're describing sounds a lot like the unix philosophy. (do one thing and do it well)

                  i'm in the same boat as a lot of windows users rn. i want to switch to BSD, but i need linux for video games
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                  • daviddoes@mastodon.socialD daviddoes@mastodon.social

                    @datarama @eniko Rwgarding "out of things where they have no save reason to be"... I would honestly love more well-made dumb appliances.

                    There is zero reason to ever discover my toaster is part of a botnet.

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                    #32

                    @daviddoes @datarama @eniko I remember NetBSD claiming to run on toasters, maybe 20 years ago. Probably gave the wrong people ideas. But I guess if I had to have software on my toaster I could do a lot worse.

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                    • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                      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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                      #33

                      @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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                      • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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

                        meaningfulbits@mastodon.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #34

                        @eniko don't forget to add doesn't require an always on Internet connection.

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                          @kirtai @eniko That said the C programs I wrote in the early 90s still compile fine today

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                          • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                            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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                            #36

                            @eniko i'm working on it

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                            • meaningfulbits@mastodon.socialM meaningfulbits@mastodon.social

                              @eniko don't forget to add doesn't require an always on Internet connection.

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                              #37

                              @MeaningfulBits @eniko should be illegal to call it an "app" if it does.
                              Maybe call it a "shim" instead.

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                                #38
                                @kirtai @badtux @eniko Right?
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                                • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                  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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                                  #39

                                  @eniko me too me too.

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                                  • badtux@mastodon.socialB badtux@mastodon.social

                                    @me @eniko And every fifteen minutes there is a new Java release that fixes a thousand security holes and adds a thousand new features to bloat up the runtime. Meanwhile my "C" programs from the early 1990s still compile and run just fine.

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                                    #40
                                    @badtux @eniko I'm so glad I don't typically work in Java.
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                                    • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

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

                                      adriencater@mastodon.onlineA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @eniko in many cases i’d be willing to pay *more* for this approach.

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                                      • eniko@mastodon.gamedev.placeE eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                        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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                                        #42

                                        @eniko and none of this broken shit

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                                        • badtux@mastodon.socialB badtux@mastodon.social

                                          @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 :(.

                                          #software #softwaredevelopment

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                                          @badtux @eniko Maybe that's the appeal of VBA? I never made the move from VB6 to VB.net, so no idea how stable that is. VBA seems to keep on trucking as it is.

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