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by dvfjsdhgfv 1883 days ago
> Is there really someone out there who installs Cockroach (a global distributed auto-sharded database) and thinks twice about 172mb of disk space?

I think it is exactly this mindset that caused the current situation (that the 2/3 of the compiled binaries are useless to the users).
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parhamn 1883 days ago
The alternative isn't avoiding fixing it. The alternative is a boring bug report on github with actual stakeholders discussing the best strategies and trade offs.

This is only on HN's homepage because of the langauge flame wars. It's a garbage post.

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dvfjsdhgfv 1883 days ago
I agree 100% and I sincerely hope the author did that already. Just complaining about it to vent off one's frustration will accomplish nothing.
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dbt00 1883 days ago
> (that the 2/3 of the compiled binaries are useless to the users).

That the bytes are not visible in the symbol table is inarguable, that they are useless is a highly contentious statement and very probably wrong.

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dvfjsdhgfv 1883 days ago
It's possible, but it is the "who cares" mindset I object to. File sizes are important. Memory usage is important. CPU cycles are important. Many devs with powerful machines don't give a heck and in the end everybody has to pay, in different ways.
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