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> Making software should not be about making the life of the developer as easy as possible, it should be about making things easy, small, and FAST for the user.

I think you’re vastly optimistic about the ratio of ESR-“real-hacker” to “I just work here” developers, as well as the amount an end user cares if the executable is a 100kb vs 100 megs.




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