alt Hacker NewsI worked in e-commerce SaaS in 2011~ and this was true then but I find it less true these days.
Are you sure that you’re not the driving force behind those metrics; or that you’re not self-selecting for like-minded individuals?
I find it really difficult to convince myself that even large players (Discord) are measuring startup time. Every time I start the thing I’m greeted by a 25s wait and a `RAND()%9` number of updates that each take about 5-10s.
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Discord’s user base is 99% people who leave it running 100% of the time, it’s not a typical situation
I have the same experience on windows. On the other hand, starting up discord on my cachyos install is virtually instant. So maybe there is also a difference between the platform the developers use and that their users use.
Yep, indeed. Which is the main reason I don’t run Discord.
I have plenty of responses to an angry comment I made several months ago that supports your point.
I made a slight at Word taking like 10 seconds to start and some people came back saying it only takes 2, as if that still isn't 2s too long.
Then again, look at how Microsoft is handling slow File Explorer speeds...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944352