alt Hacker NewsPretty sure Joel Spolsky said “we purchase the best machines money can buy for our developers” like 20 years ago. So it’s hardly a new concept.
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isolatedsystem • today at 5:17 AM
Not sure why that counts. An engineering workshop buying mint quality lathes would just be considered "Buy once, cry once" in my eyes.
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raincole • today at 6:44 AM
> machines
That's hardware.
ASalazarMX • yesterday at 5:14 PM
I've seen the other side of that coin: "my program is blazing fast in my machine, I don't know why those naggy users are complaining!"
I personally recall hardware flexing going back to SGI, but nothing like "look at my salesforce spend".