This is one of the biggest problems I run into in 'software engineering', people building way to complex systems because they are 'interesting' rather than buying $50 of RAM and being done with it, and then poo-poo'ing systems that cost $50 and work.
Funny; one of the most common complaints about the software industry (common on HN) is that people use inefficient languages or algorithms and then waste too much hardware.
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This is one of the biggest problems I run into in 'software engineering', people building way to complex systems because they are 'interesting' rather than buying $50 of RAM and being done with it, and then poo-poo'ing systems that cost $50 and work.
Funny; one of the most common complaints about the software industry (common on HN) is that people use inefficient languages or algorithms and then waste too much hardware.
Yup, there's certainly a balance to be achieved.