Frogdie exec: compiling code once needed a datacenter — few saw desktop power coming
draginol · x · 2026-11-10
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell (draginol) reflects that not long ago developers needed datacenter machines just to compile code, and almost nobody predicted desktop computers would eventually have enough compute for real work — a historical analogy for how compute expectations can be misjudged.
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