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The RAM shortage might be the best thing to happen in software development in years<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For years, the answer was simple: throw more RAM at it. Software happily expanded to fill whatever space it was given.Now memory limits are tightening again and that\u2019s forcing a long-overdue rethink. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers once built incredible things with almost nothing, and history proves it. Super Mario 64 shipped on 8MB and RollerCoaster Tycoon was written in assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constraints didn\u2019t slow innovation, they shaped it. And maybe today\u2019s RAM shortage is about to do the same \"\ud83e\udd1e\"\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The RAM shortage might be the best thing to happen in software development in years For years, the answer was simple: throw more RAM at it. Software happily expanded to fill whatever space it was given.Now memory limits are tightening again and that\u2019s forcing a long-overdue rethink. Developers once built incredible things with almost nothing,…<\/p>\n

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