bonus if the formerly slop developers begin acquiring a taste for good code and slowly realize that the copilots that made ram expensive in the first place are making shit code
remember when storage was rare and expensive, and all the hoops data files had to jump through to compress into binary encoded structures to save space ... remember when memory was so expensive, computer scientists had to come up with different optimized data structures to run within those boundaries... it seems the world made a full cycle #computerscience
Maybe once and for all we are going to have super fast computers with super fast software instead of super fast computers with chat apps that require 6gb of ram to render a nice button
is RAM in danger of becoming expensive? I know hardware prices are going up because data centers and whatnot, but from what I understand it’s still generally plentiful in most home and work computers and phones
For that reason, I'm pretty convinced that every programmer's first language should be x86 assembler.
Nothing teaches you quicker about: Planning your code Resource utilization Not painting yourself into a corner Checking return codes Checking variables before use Documenting your code
I’m now thinking of the guy I used to work with who proudly never bothered thinking about memory utilization of software he wrote becuse “memory is cheap now, who cares!”
facts, optimizing code is basically the pickle equivalent of not swimming in your own brine. like, dude, let’s not waste RAM like it’s a day-old pickle chip!
OpenAI has struck agreements with two of the world's biggest manufacturers of memory chips, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to make DRAM wafers for the Stargate AI infrastructure project and build data centers in South Korea.
It's sometimes not the software developers' problem, it's the PBBs'.
"Oh dear this performance is crap, I need to fix it" says the developer.
"Yes, you fix it by upping the autoscaling parameters on the cloud service," says the PHB, "I'm not paying you to have fun playing clever intellectual games with tech debt when there are new features I want you to write."
(Mind you, they do *sometimes* change their minds when they see the cloud bill.)
@nixCraft, I wish my worries were just RAM costs. As a displaced father, I struggle to provide for my kids' basic needs, let alone think about code optimization. " #refugeelife
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https://github.com/dair-ai/Prompt-Engineering-Guide
They've been making these for a while.
GitHub - dair-ai/Prompt-Engineering-Guide: 🐙 Guides, papers, lessons, notebooks and resources for prompt engineering, context engineering, RAG, and AI Agents.
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It'll be one page that says
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •For that reason, I'm pretty convinced that every programmer's first language should be x86 assembler.
Nothing teaches you quicker about:
Planning your code
Resource utilization
Not painting yourself into a corner
Checking return codes
Checking variables before use
Documenting your code
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •RAM costs more because billionaires are engaging in a supply chain attack using their monopolies.
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/ram-prices-are-exploding-heres-why-and-everything-you-need-to-know-about-surviving-ramageddon
Sam Altman & his AI ilk buying up all the supplies required for chip manufacture.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/openai-ropes-in-samsung-sk-hynix-to-source-memory-chips-for-stargate/
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/openais-stargate-project-to-consume-up-to-40-percent-of-global-dram-output-inks-deal-with-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-the-tune-of-up-to-900-000-wafers-per-month
Reminder: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE fund the AI bubble.
OpenAI ropes in Samsung, SK Hynix to source memory chips for Stargate | TechCrunch
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •It's sometimes not the software developers' problem, it's the PBBs'.
"Oh dear this performance is crap, I need to fix it" says the developer.
"Yes, you fix it by upping the autoscaling parameters on the cloud service," says the PHB, "I'm not paying you to have fun playing clever intellectual games with tech debt when there are new features I want you to write."
(Mind you, they do *sometimes* change their minds when they see the cloud bill.)
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •extremely expensive memory? Check.
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will come back, eventually
Snake oil for a slick #Windows experience
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i'm seeing crucial and samsung going up in price, but what about adata and other vendors?
also what kind of games require 32-64-128 gb of ram to run anyway?
also you can download more ram by installing linux
also with antix you can download even more ram
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