The very premise of the article 'how quickly can we remove whitespaces' is rooted in the intellectual foundations of CS. As a culture, we are are obsessive about 'performance'.
This is because back in the day, it's always been important - and even today 'under the hood' it's always important. And of course there are situations in which it's still important (complex algs, limitations of mobile devices).
But in reality - these things are never the issue.
The 'issue' is the pragmatic application of basic algorithms to do a number of basic things elegantly, which together form the foundation of a good user experience.
Yes - the issue of 'no spaces' in card numbers etc. is a clumsy thing, and it's laziness by developers.
Also - things like 'performance' are objectively measurable, you can get cool data for it etc..
A 'bad experience' is sometimes difficult to define.
As a culture, we are are obsessive about 'performance'.
My purely anecdotal impression is quite the opposite. Speed of delivery and convenience for the developer (not the end user) seem to be the norm.
Frameworks, scripting languages, browser-based desktop and web apps: none of these have the characteristics of being small, nimble, lightweight, or performant. They certainly make life easier for the developer. Whether users get a 'good experience' out of the end result is open to debate.
The very premise of the article 'how quickly can we remove whitespaces' is rooted in the intellectual foundations of CS. As a culture, we are are obsessive about 'performance'.
This is because back in the day, it's always been important - and even today 'under the hood' it's always important. And of course there are situations in which it's still important (complex algs, limitations of mobile devices).
But in reality - these things are never the issue.
The 'issue' is the pragmatic application of basic algorithms to do a number of basic things elegantly, which together form the foundation of a good user experience.
Yes - the issue of 'no spaces' in card numbers etc. is a clumsy thing, and it's laziness by developers.
Also - things like 'performance' are objectively measurable, you can get cool data for it etc..
A 'bad experience' is sometimes difficult to define.