I have yet to hear of someone wearing out an SSD on a desktop/laptop system (not server, I'm sure there's heavy applications that can run 24/7 and legitimately get the job done), even considering bugs like the Spotify desktop client writing loads of data uselessly some years ago
Making such claims on HN attracts edge cases like nobody's business but let's see
I think you're 100% correct in that this isn't a normal event to occur. I believe it's probably one of those things where someone felt that setting it to memory is just more efficient in the general case, and they happened to be skilled in that part of development, and felt it added value.
Maybe the developer runs a standard desktop version, but also uses it personally as a server for some kind of personal itch or software, on actual desktop hardware? Maybe I'm overthinking it, or the developer that wrote this code has the ability to fix more important issues, but went with this instead. I've tackled optimization before where it wasn't needed at the time, but it happened to be something I was looking into, and I felt my time investment could pay off in cases where resources were being pushed to their limits. I work with a lot of small to mid-sized businesses that can actually gain from seemingly small improvements like this.
Aachen|7 months ago
Making such claims on HN attracts edge cases like nobody's business but let's see
progmetaldev|7 months ago
Maybe the developer runs a standard desktop version, but also uses it personally as a server for some kind of personal itch or software, on actual desktop hardware? Maybe I'm overthinking it, or the developer that wrote this code has the ability to fix more important issues, but went with this instead. I've tackled optimization before where it wasn't needed at the time, but it happened to be something I was looking into, and I felt my time investment could pay off in cases where resources were being pushed to their limits. I work with a lot of small to mid-sized businesses that can actually gain from seemingly small improvements like this.