#web programming

One thing I hate though is that the site as a whole seems slower and less responsive. In spite of me having a much faster, more reliable internet connection and a much faster computer than when I started using Tumblr years ago, the responsiveness of the site has become much slower when I do basic actions like liking or reblogging a post.

There are sometimes long delays when I click the like button on a post, sometimes more than 1 or even 2 seconds. This is strange. When I go to reblog a post, often the post takes many seconds before it comes up.

I also notice delays when looking at people's blogs. Like sometimes when I scroll down, the whole site just starts being sluggish, and often it cranks my CPU. I hate this. It not only is annoying to me, it's running my CPU, using up my battery life or my electricity that I pay for in my home. It feels disrespectful to me as a user, like one of those spammy websites that has all the horrible ads that crank the CPU and make my fan turn on.

I really hope this doesn't get worse, and I would really, really like it to get better. It's so frustrating to see the technology, including the CPU's, memory, and internet bandwidth, and cloud hosting technology, get dramatically better and cheaper over the years, and yet have the quality-of-service, speed, and CPU utilization get worse during the same period. The only possible explanation is bloat and incompetence.

I don't program my own websites this way. They have gotten faster over the years, as the technology has improved. If you're not doing it this way, you're doing it wrong.

Beth: [age 12, doing homework] "I really hate algebra. I mean, nobody ever uses algebra in the real world."

Me: "Are you kidding? Algebra is used every day in science, construction, all kinds of things. I tell my web coding students that programming is basically just algebra."

Beth: "So you need algebra in web design?"

Me: "No, not necessarily design. Just in programming."

Beth: "Well then, I'm never learning programming."

Me: "Don't tell my students that."

Working on my final project for my Web Programming II class. I'm basically just recycling my final project from Web Programming I and adding onto it. I decided to do an Owl House themed website. If y'all wanna know more about it, feel free to ask! I like talking about things I work on.