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Developers should use less powerful computers to ensure the software is optimized for average users who do not have high-end machines. The overuse of supercomputers in development leads to bloated software that performs poorly on regular devices. Companies should enforce policies requiring developers to work with lower-end hardware to improve overall software performance and user experience.

Why Good Developers Should Use Bad Computers! | Tsoding

I think a better way to put it is that Good devs should test their code on bad machines. Like for example if you are developing a mobile app, its really helpful to test the code on an old android device for example, helps you discover a lot of bugs.

It depends on the industry though.

It sounds good for QA and simple user scenario testing. But I can imagine that in dev PC to build a solution you need about 15 secs, but in a ‘shitty PC’ you will need 2-3 minutes. Sometimes for development work, I have opened 3 riders, teams, slack, browser with a couple of tabs, database, postman, VS Code, Spotify. And when I share a screen it is sometimes a killer for processor.