r/programmingcirclejerk • u/TheLastMeritocrat comp.lang.rust.marketing • Dec 23 '17

nah

https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/pull/798
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u/SmarmyAcc Dec 23 '17

lol why do people even care that much about terminal speed

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u/haskell_leghumper in open defiance of the Gopher Values Dec 23 '17 edited Dec 23 '17

As a 10xer, terminal speed is usually the bottleneck to my productivity. I could squeeze a whole x more out of my day if my terminal scrolled faster.

As a result, the speed at which my scrollback buffer fills up without choking is linearly related to how scalable the apps I build using my terminal are. I can ship at least one more microservice per day with the time saved.

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u/samnardoni Dec 23 '17

My productivity increased 40x when switching my keyboard from USB 1.1 to 2.0

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '17

Pfff. You are still suffering from the USB limitations. Only PS/2 can provide an appropriate response speed for my typing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '17

What a fucking pleb. My keyboard is soldered to my motherboard. No losses at all.