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BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well,

  • a cache shouldn’t slow down an app. If it’s slowing down an app, it’s using the cache wrong. There shouldn’t be any reason to clear a cache regularly. You should clear a cache when you need to for specific reasons like there is something bad/corrupt in the cache or you temporarily need the space used by the cache.
  • this makes your advice seem somewhat trite and uh, I’ll call it "uninformed"
  • this leads to your tone being… weird, maybe, in a technology forum?

  Don’t dwell on it though. The internet can be harsh and your were well-meaning :)

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  • BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Huh, when i started in on Lemmy it seemed that emptying overgrown caches was the first step in troubleshooting app woes. Have they gotten to a place where this isn’t the case? Was i misinformed? Thunder seems to be more snappy now that i cleared it.

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    • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it’s an app in early development, then that’s probably a problem with an app.

      Which comes back to another issue with your post. You didn’t say what app you were talking about. Cache clearing should not be general advice.

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      • BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ahhh. That is good to know. Well, my most down-voted post will at least have taught me something. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

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• cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It reads a little condescending imo

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  • BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fair enough. It was meant to be more, "hey everyone, I’m an idiot and thought my app was misbehaving then remembered that i merged to clear the cache. After deleting 3 and a half gigs it’s working very well again. The bit about regularly scheduled programming was probably more projection than anything else. :) Sorry if i came off sounding like a prick, of you heard me say it out loud, it would have been dripping with self depreciation.

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    • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would probably just uninstall the app and switch to something else to be honest.

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  • ryan213@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Must be all the ellipses. Lol

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• abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can’t remember the last time I cleared a cache. Ten years ago maybe?

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  • BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re one of the smart ones then. This message is for the rest of us

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