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Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?
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amichail
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Maybe there will even be more interest in the invention and use of more advanced algorithms and data structures that use less memory?
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int3trap
1 minute ago
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No. Customers will pay more across all markets.
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winstonwinston
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Unless users complain it’s not going to happen. Somehow SPA (Single-page application) consume memory as much as operating system.
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pnikosis
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There's hope for the extinction of Electron based apps.
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novafunc
2 minutes ago
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I don't see the trend reversing, but if we're lucky, perhaps a freeze. Won't get more efficient but may not get worse.
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sneilan1
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I've dumped python for anything that doesn't involve scipy / pytorch in favor of go. So yes, I'm having my llm's output go now which is generally more memory efficient than python.
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johanvts
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Only if people start buying computers with less memory, if they just buy fewer computers it doesn’t seem worhwhile.
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Uptrenda
6 minutes ago
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Lad, modern day "programmers" don't even know what memory is. You'll be lucky to find any "software engineer" who can even tell you what a pointer is.
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devin
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I can refer you to some documentation on the topic. ;)
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tristanj
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Programmers won't, but LLMs will.
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krapp
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0
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wseqyrku
5 minutes ago
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I don't think at this point in history limitations drive the the way we do things, abundance does.
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