top | item 46232101 (no title) dnrvs | 2 months ago too many arm chair game devs who think they know better in this thread discuss order hn newest lordnikon001|2 months ago I think what irks people is the number one rule of optimization is to always measureYou never assume something is an optimization or needed and never do hypothetical optimizationsI can see why it would happen in this case though, gamedev is chaotic and you're often really pressed for time forrestthewoods|2 months ago WebDevs who have build systems that take ten minutes and download tens of megabytes of JS and have hundreds of milliseconds of lag are sooooooooooooo not allowed to complain about game devs ever. load replies (2) ycombinatrix|2 months ago "Don't 6x your game's install size for no measurable benefit to users"Wow! It looks like I do indeed know better.
lordnikon001|2 months ago I think what irks people is the number one rule of optimization is to always measureYou never assume something is an optimization or needed and never do hypothetical optimizationsI can see why it would happen in this case though, gamedev is chaotic and you're often really pressed for time forrestthewoods|2 months ago WebDevs who have build systems that take ten minutes and download tens of megabytes of JS and have hundreds of milliseconds of lag are sooooooooooooo not allowed to complain about game devs ever. load replies (2)
forrestthewoods|2 months ago WebDevs who have build systems that take ten minutes and download tens of megabytes of JS and have hundreds of milliseconds of lag are sooooooooooooo not allowed to complain about game devs ever. load replies (2)
ycombinatrix|2 months ago "Don't 6x your game's install size for no measurable benefit to users"Wow! It looks like I do indeed know better.
lordnikon001|2 months ago
You never assume something is an optimization or needed and never do hypothetical optimizations
I can see why it would happen in this case though, gamedev is chaotic and you're often really pressed for time
forrestthewoods|2 months ago
ycombinatrix|2 months ago
Wow! It looks like I do indeed know better.