Post #1871163
2026-04-05 04:34 UTC
@elizayer
Almost all of the code written by the major software companies since the late 80’s has been bloatware. Especially operating systems. The days when programming was an art and minimizing resource usage was the primary consideration are long gone. If that code is what AI and these LLM’s are being “trained” on then expect software to continue its downward spiral.
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@poleguy@mastodon.social 2026-04-08 14:49
@GuitarSith @elizayer ha! Yes. Also when upper management tells lower management that everyone is being judged on "efficiency" as defined by how many tokens they use up, with no denominator, you are guaranteed to get more bloat. Or at best case: 9 extra copies of the code, lots of documentation, some sim city bots, a side hustle, and 1 nicely written program.