moore's law

hardware

Hardware is Cheap, Programmers are Expensive

Given the rapid advance of Moore's Law [https://blog.codinghorror.com/moores-law-in-practical-terms/], when does it make sense to throw hardware at a programming problem? As a general rule, I'd say almost always. Consider the average programmer salary [http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Sr._Software_

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hardware

Moore’s Law in Practical Terms

There are two popular formulations of Moore’s Law: The most popular formulation [of Moore’s Law] is the doubling of the number of transistors on integrated circuits every 18 months. At the end of the 1970s, Moore’s Law became known as the limit for the number of transistors

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server

Web 2.0 and The “Whatever Box” Server

One of the key differences between the original dot-com bubble and the Web 2.0 bubble we’re entering now is that our servers are a lot cheaper and a lot more powerful. Moore’s Law in action isn’t exactly news, but the new web is definitely powered by

By Jeff Atwood ·
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