Multiplayer Gamedev vs Rails Web Dev

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What the actual fuck. Right now, I’m doing an interactive simulation with half bazillion small thingies, and trying to fit certain parts of it into 2–8ms (aka multiplayer gamedev). Meanwhile, retarded web devs be like: A typical Rails app will serve up to 1.5 requests per second per vCPU. With tuning plus an optimized app, that can be up to about 5 requests per/sec/ vCPU. …

What it means

A dark-mode social media screenshot contrasts the extreme performance demands of multiplayer game development with a Rails web app handling only a few requests per second per virtual CPU. The joke is sarcastic: the author presents web developers as casually accepting very low performance while game developers struggle to fit complex simulations into milliseconds. It is used as a reaction to debates about optimization, software performance, and the different standards of web and game development.

Who

Balázs “Simplex” Óvári Nate Berkopec

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social media post / публикация в соцсети embedded quote post / встроенная цитата публикации black background / чёрный фон white text / белый текст blue verification badge / синяя галочка верификации profile avatar / аватар профиля Follow button / кнопка Follow Rails framework reference / упоминание фреймворка Rails computer simulation / компьютерная симуляция multiplayer game development / разработка многопользовательской игры web application / веб-приложение virtual CPU / виртуальный процессор performance metrics / показатели производительности requests per second / запросы в секунду