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  • There’s no reason btrfs shouldn’t work for every use case.

    That said I think the slight performance gains of ext4 over btrfs make it worth sticking to ext4 for games. Imo it’s similar to as if you had you main system on an HDD but ran games off of an SSD; that’s how much faster it feels.

    I would install games to a separate ext4 partition but steam to btrfs (for configs) in that case.



  • I agree. We’ve let the standards for what is good drop.

    I think it’s mainly because the “just works” mentality has become infectious among engineers. It’s one thing when just starting out, but as you learn more and gain experience you should care more.

    People do the designing and architecture and programming just because it all pays well, not because they have a love for the craft.

    I think the second, slightly less strong reason is because many engineers do not know how to effectively communicate with management when something will result in terribly written software and just do it anyway. Another skill I see less and less amongst my brethren.