Comment by oarsinsync
6 days ago
Considering the ridiculous amount of memory and cpu very simple apps use nowadays, in large part thanks to things that enable developers to optimise for their own time, rather than compute, I think you’ve unintentionally hit the nail on the head.
Very few developers today care about resource usage and resource management. Very few developers even understand that there’s something there to care about.
It wasn't unintentional. Like I pointed out in a sibling comment, I agree that plenty of present day programmers are not amazing.
Things like compilers and LLMs decrease the necessary skill to become a programmer, but neither will decrease the skill or quantities of the most skilled programmers.