Difference between revisions of "Unholy Things in Computing"
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* Excessive whitespace design (hard on the eyes) | * Excessive whitespace design (hard on the eyes) | ||
* Javascript bloat (slow) | * Javascript bloat (slow) | ||
| + | * Bloat in general / Technical Debt. Human life is not long enough to deal with every program being large. | ||
* Loading screens (slow) | * Loading screens (slow) | ||
* Pop ups (interruptions) | * Pop ups (interruptions) | ||
| + | * Tracking, analytics (Breaks the golden rule. Perpetuates a rat race economy)(computers that take advantage of your behavior as you use them) | ||
* Maze programs or websites | * Maze programs or websites | ||
* Memory obfuscation (paging) | * Memory obfuscation (paging) | ||
* Excessive dependencies / libraries (npm / node.js comes to mind) | * Excessive dependencies / libraries (npm / node.js comes to mind) | ||
* Dependence on an online/cloud service | * Dependence on an online/cloud service | ||
| − | * Having a program fail and not notify the user (failing silently) | + | * Having a program fail and not notify the user (failing silently), or not giving the user enough information in the error message. |
* Security (a demonistic self perpetuating industry)(endless cat and mouse chase) | * Security (a demonistic self perpetuating industry)(endless cat and mouse chase) | ||
| + | * Predatory computing (see tracking). | ||
| + | * Malware (doesn't exist in an honest world) | ||
| + | * Wild West AI/LLM Industry. Everyone working for themselves, no collaboration. No central database for LLMs. | ||
| + | * Foolishly fighting against AI/LLM with things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis_(software) (it's hopeless). | ||
| + | * GDPR - The Europeans made the internet worse, by requiring popups that pester users about cookies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation How many seconds have been lost to accept or not accept pop ups. | ||
| + | * The word "Automagically" | ||
| + | * RTFM (If you actually read man pages, you will find that they are typically bloated beyond practical usage). This ties back to busybox > most normal programs. Alpine > Average Linux Bloatdist. | ||
| + | * Encryption making old internet browsers unusable. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:30, 18 January 2026
Unholy things:
- Excessive whitespace design (hard on the eyes)
- Javascript bloat (slow)
- Bloat in general / Technical Debt. Human life is not long enough to deal with every program being large.
- Loading screens (slow)
- Pop ups (interruptions)
- Tracking, analytics (Breaks the golden rule. Perpetuates a rat race economy)(computers that take advantage of your behavior as you use them)
- Maze programs or websites
- Memory obfuscation (paging)
- Excessive dependencies / libraries (npm / node.js comes to mind)
- Dependence on an online/cloud service
- Having a program fail and not notify the user (failing silently), or not giving the user enough information in the error message.
- Security (a demonistic self perpetuating industry)(endless cat and mouse chase)
- Predatory computing (see tracking).
- Malware (doesn't exist in an honest world)
- Wild West AI/LLM Industry. Everyone working for themselves, no collaboration. No central database for LLMs.
- Foolishly fighting against AI/LLM with things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis_(software) (it's hopeless).
- GDPR - The Europeans made the internet worse, by requiring popups that pester users about cookies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation How many seconds have been lost to accept or not accept pop ups.
- The word "Automagically"
- RTFM (If you actually read man pages, you will find that they are typically bloated beyond practical usage). This ties back to busybox > most normal programs. Alpine > Average Linux Bloatdist.
- Encryption making old internet browsers unusable.
