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I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by Jcowell »

eganist wrote: post #11

> Task Manager will load in reduced mode if resources are short, like only loading the Processes page if that's what's needed to get going. It's one of the very few apps that won't just "fail and bail" when things go wrong. This has saved me a few times, but every time I've seen it I always figured task manager was just failing to completely load. Glad to know that this was a deliberate state.

Is there a name for a process like this? Very interesting approach I want to take with future software.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by ramoz »

Waterluvian wrote: post #7
est wrote: post #3

I miss taskmgr so much on Linux/macOS. Everything in taskmgr feels so logical and manageable without extra steps.

I feel the complete opposite, interestingly enough. Apple process viewer and htop are what I want.

I have to jump around quite a bit. Largely ML workloads where I default to Windows for training / developing around, and deploying out to Linux. Mac is an option, but doesn’t make since to do those tasks there.

What op said is true for me, I just pop open task manager and I get all the insight I need. No issues there. I don’t ever need to run htop locally, but is key factor in deployments where there are many more cores, accelerator config, etc

I use Mac for some UI projects or systems dev.

I’m usually in a bad mood when I have to open activity monitor.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by eganist »

Jcowell wrote: post #21
eganist wrote: post #11

> Task Manager will load in reduced mode if resources are short, like only loading the Processes page if that's what's needed to get going. It's one of the very few apps that won't just "fail and bail" when things go wrong. This has saved me a few times, but every time I've seen it I always figured task manager was just failing to completely load. Glad to know that this was a deliberate state.

Is there a name for a process like this? Very interesting approach I want to take with future software.

Closest I can think of is Safe Mode, at least based on the definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_mode - but running on reduced resources isn't exactly the same, so I'm sure there's a better answer.

Inviting correction by people with more extensive engineering experience; most of mine is in breaking rather than building.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by alisonkisk »

eganist wrote: post #23
Jcowell wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a name for a process like this? Very interesting approach I want to take with future software.

Closest I can think of is Safe Mode, at least based on the definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_mode - but running on reduced resources isn't exactly the same, so I'm sure there's a better answer. Inviting correction by people with more extensive engineering experience; most of mine is in breaking rather than building.

Also "Graceful Degradation".

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by jmkni »

MegaDeKay wrote: post #18
simplyinfinity wrote: post #5

Dave also has his own YT channel full of "hidden" stories about old microsoft tech he worked on. Be sure to check him out, he's got quite a few good ones :) https://www.youtube.com/c/DavesGarage/videos

And it isn't just old Microsoft tech. For one, he holds a world record high score for Tempest. For another, he's done some very cool projects with addressable LED strips: the Tiki Umbrella and Atomic Lamp are spectacular! It is his projects that sent me down the LED rabbit hole, though my weapon of choice ended up being the WLED project.

He also wrote a good book on Autism called Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by skibz »

eganist wrote: post #23
Jcowell wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a name for a process like this? Very interesting approach I want to take with future software.

Closest I can think of is Safe Mode, at least based on the definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_mode - but running on reduced resources isn't exactly the same, so I'm sure there's a better answer. Inviting correction by people with more extensive engineering experience; most of mine is in breaking rather than building.

Perhaps the most appropriate term would be fault-tolerant?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_tolerance

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by acquacow »

simplyinfinity wrote: post #5

Dave also has his own YT channel full of "hidden" stories about old microsoft tech he worked on. Be sure to check him out, he's got quite a few good ones :) https://www.youtube.com/c/DavesGarage/videos

He literally just posted a video a few days ago about the task manager too.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by emllnd »

alisonkisk wrote: post #25
eganist wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Closest I can think of is Safe Mode, at least based on the definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_mode - but running on reduced resources isn't exactly the same, so I'm sure there's a better answer. Inviting correction by people with more extensive engineering experience; most of mine is in breaking rather than building.

Also "Graceful Degradation".

And "Progressive Enhancement" [1], although that is usually used in web development context.

Adjusting the introductory statement on that Mozilla page we could arrive at something like:

"Progressive enhancement is a design philosophy that provides a baseline of essential content and functionality to as many users as possible, while delivering the best possible experience only to users" ...whose computers have sufficient resources such as RAM and CPU cycles available to process and display it.

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Progressiv...

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