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0 pointsspockz5y ago0 comments

For production, yes. But it also effects startup and download time on developer machines. Want to have multiple versions installed? Now it takes more space. Takes longer to download on 4g while on the road or on crappy corporate/conference WiFi, etc .

In the end this all ends up because it is for all go binaries. I’ve come appreciate attention for leanness because in the end it does add up.

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ClumsyPilot5y ago

Here is a question: imagine you could double performance of cockroa hDB by making the executable 2000MB - every db admin would make that choice

spockzOP5y ago

Yes, if it would double the performance in many cassis, then the size would have a significant benefit.

Here we are taking about large binaries without apparent benefit and a drive to keep binaries as lean as possible.

knz425y ago

This is effectively what is happening btw; the crdb binary went from 80MB to 200MB in the same time it took to make it twice as fast. The % growth in size is not a problem on its own; it's more the % size attributed to the program vs. the % size attributed to unclear purposes, that's a problem.

aflag5y ago

What's the use case where a 200MB binary size is a problem?

knz425y ago

The use case where said binary is shipped to GCE instances hundreds/thousands times per day, for stress testing and unit testing of cockroachdb.

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ClumsyPilot5y ago

Here is a question: imagine you could double performance of cockroa hDB by making the executable 2000MB - every db admin would make that choice

spockzOP5y ago

Yes, if it would double the performance in many cassis, then the size would have a significant benefit.

Here we are taking about large binaries without apparent benefit and a drive to keep binaries as lean as possible.

knz425y ago

aflag5y ago

What's the use case where a 200MB binary size is a problem?

knz425y ago

The use case where said binary is shipped to GCE instances hundreds/thousands times per day, for stress testing and unit testing of cockroachdb.

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