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How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%

(nee.lv)
3883 points kuroguro | 2 comments | 28 Feb 21 19:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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capableweb ◴[28 Feb 21 20:18 UTC] No.26296659[source]▶
> the problems shouldn’t take more than a day for a single dev to solve

It bothers me that so many of us developers are annoyed by managers saying stupid stuff like "shouldn't be too hard" about things they don't understand, but then other developers walk into the same trap.

Yes, it looks simple at the surface. It most likely isn't. The problem is not that it looks simple, the problem is that you assume it is simple, probably because you don't have the full context.

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1. blt ◴[28 Feb 21 20:23 UTC] No.26296709[source]▶
I agree "shouldn't be too hard" should be avoided, but in this case the developers should fix it even if it is hard.
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2. cma ◴[28 Feb 21 20:45 UTC] No.26296908[source]▶
Back of the envelope (and if the same problem applies to consoles in addition to PC), the fix would save 30+ human waking lifetimes per year.