I feel a little sad every time someone says "We have much higher CPU power/memory now, those things are unnecessary". Maybe they are right but I feel like this is not the path we should take
100% agree. And this goes for everything from server side, to games, to mobile to client side web. Some of my favorite web sites have gone from a 1-2 second load time to well over 6 seconds. And then they're sluggish after they load. It's sad.
