What Nikita Prokopov thinks about software performance

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1. 3 Mar 2026

   Our readingBloated, slow software is caused by a lack of engineering care, not by the choice of technology stack.

   Their wordsThe real problem is a lack of care. And the slop; you can build it with any stack.

   ↗Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost nativetonsky.me 3rd of 3 in this piece

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3. 15 Jan 2026

   Our readingMaking programming easier for more people has caused software to become bloated, slow and hard to manage.

   Their wordsКомпьютеры стали бытовым прибором, начать программировать легче, чем когда-либо, сложнейшие вещи делаются просто и даже тривиально, написаны горы готового кода. К сожалению, у этого есть и обратная сторона - программы становятся большими, медленными, неуправляемыми, непонимаемыми.

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