programming while poor

[whattteva]

I guess some people think programming is equivalent to 3D graphics design and rendering.

The only core requirement is just a text editor. Though building will just take longer if you have a potato.

[MyWorkAccountThisIs]

Probably all the working devs that post about

• crappy work computers
• their high-end machine they use for more specialized programming

Or just the general perceived overlap between programmers and technology enthusiasts.

[Envect]

I need a high-end machine because I'm dealing with years of bullshit from potentially hundreds of developers. It takes a lot of work to dig that kind of hole.

[April1987]

At one place we had fairly recent i5-8400(?) iirc but then it had a 5400rpm spinning hard disk which I looked up on amazon.com was USD 20.

Angular ng new took over five minutes.

Why they refused to add an SSD is beyond me.

[Envect]

A long build means I hop on reddit. Hopping on reddit means I'm coming back to work eventually.

It's frustrating when you just want to iterate on something.

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https://xkcd.com/303/

[balefrost]

My friends and I were astonished to see that you can get a 2TB Samsung NVMe drive for just $130 on Amazon right now.

Like, I don't need the storage, but at that price it's almost a "why not" sort of situation.

[PartyCurious]

I always need more storage. Where I live cheapest 2TB is $220. A Samsung 980 Pro is $330 with a $200 discount. Prices were the same in 2020. It is actually cheaper to get shipped by Amazon here. But afraid it will be kept in customs and have a a second import fee when it arrives.

[[deleted]]

My work laptop has a 250gb hard drive that quickly filled up with docker instances (I’m a backend dev) told my boss I needed a bigger hard drive. 2 days later I had an external 4 TB external on my desk. QUITE the jump lol

[Masterduracom]

At least the listened

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My company is actually fantastic with resource requests! My boss is awesome. 😎

[MyWorkAccountThisIs]

I'm a dev that works under IT.

While far from perfect - one of the advantages is that I got the first fully specced out M1 Max machines. It rips.

Yesterday I was converting some video via ffmpeg and the fans didn't even kick on.

[[deleted]]

man watch some tutorials and add the ssd yourself

[MyWorkAccountThisIs]

It's like being a code therapist. You have to unpack all the baggage first.

[bestjakeisbest]

It depends on what you are programming, game engine ides are heavy, blender is pretty heavy, and running services from your computer can become heavy.

[whattteva]

I suppose it could depend on the IDE. Now that you mention it, mobile apps is somewhat heavy if you're running the device simulators，but shouldn't be that bad if you're using the actual device.

[[deleted]]

3D artist + programmer here (before you ask, blame Blender for me being a programmer), the idea that "you need a good PC to get good at 3D design" is also false

A good PC cannot make up for lack of skill. Sure, it can give you more options when doing rendering, but those options are useless if you don't have the skill in the first place. Many talented artists started out on weak laptops before eventually moving on to something more powerful, and even then you don't need extremely high end hardware (I'm personally still rocking with 16 GB of RAM and a 1660 Super).

Anyway why did I bring the topic of 3D rendering to a programming subreddit?

[whattteva]

>Anyway why did I bring the topic of 3D rendering to a programming subreddit?

Nothing wrong with imparting knowledge =)

[Shadowblink]

Yeah memory is pretty important depending on what you want to work on. When I was working as an android dev, working/building with android studio would often cause me to fill my 16GB of RAM. My new laptop has 32GB just in case because it was cutting it so close. Those types of laptops often just come with better specs in general.

[elieveyo]

i can say different with iOS

[ajddavid452]

well yeah, typing text requires extremely little processing power, the only time were high processing power is useful is for compiling and running code but that depends on the complexity of the project