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by delusional 298 days ago
I wish I was compiler bound. Nowadays, with everything being in the cloud or whatever I'm more likely to be waiting for Microsoft's MFA (forcing me to pick up my phone, the portal to distractions) or getting some time limited permission from PIM.

The days when 30 seconds pauses for the compiler was the slowest part are long over.
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Cyan488 298 days ago
The circuit design software I use, Altium Designer, has a SaaS cloud for managing libraries of components, and version control of projects. I probably spend hours a year waiting for simple things like "load the next 100 parts in this list" or "save this tiny edit to the cloud" as it makes API call after call to do simple operations.

And don't get me started on the cloud ERP software the rest of the company uses...

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1over137 298 days ago
You must be a web developer. Doing desktop development, nothing is in the cloud for me. I’m always waiting cor my compiler.
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necovek 298 days ago
More likely in an enterprise company using MS tooling (AD/Entra/Outlook/Teams/Office...) with "stringent" security settings.

It gets ridiculous quickly, really.

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