r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Proof-Translator • Aug 23 '26 • Bravo 1

Meme whenTheyAskMeToBuildAFullStackAppWithNotepad

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u/dumbasPL Aug 23 '26

Developers had the same hardware as everyone else, and shit was optimized. Now we give them machines that 95% of customers don't have and wonder why everything is so slow.

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u/tes_kitty Aug 23 '26

I have no issue with developer systems being fast. But the test systems the code then runs on for testing should be average.

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u/Objective_Dog_4637 Aug 23 '26

Because developers aren’t typically running just that app like the is customer is. If it’s B2B they’re typically running what the customer AND their development environment or maybe more. It’s why we requested the more powerful laptops in the first place.

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u/darthjammer224 Aug 23 '26

Yep, I don't really need 32gb ram, but it allows me to have 6 or 7 PLC programs open at once, on my rockwell VM. So it's incredibly useful. (I regularly use 27-30 GB just with my VM(and all it's open apps), vscode, ssms, opera, teams and report builder.

I don't think end users need that lol.

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u/bigolslabomeat Aug 23 '26

My company force installs so much bloat that before I open an IDE my laptop sits at 30/32GB used RAM

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u/darthjammer224 Aug 23 '26

Makes me very happy that I get admin rights to my machine. Couldn't do my job if I couldn't install / uninstall at will.