@GergelyOrosz: So much sw today doesn’t care much about perf. It just feels sluggish. And everyone seems to have accepted it. Except w…
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Gergely Orosz discusses how modern software often neglects performance, citing examples like Bun and Linear, and highlights a fast demo of Superlogical for tmux by Mitchell Hashimoto.
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So much sw today doesn’t care much about perf. It just feels sluggish. And everyone seems to have accepted it.
Except when a new product shows how it can be done. Eg Bun for building, Linear for issues, Craft Docs for editing… and look at this Superlogical demo for tmux:
Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh): Quick Superlogical demo to end the week. This demo is just of the basic functionality, but I want to highlight just how FAST it is. There’s a WHOLE lot more functionality already present and coming but I wanted to keep the demo short. But seriously, check out that speed.
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