The Perceived Speed of Computers

https://www.datagubbe.se/stupidslow/

This feeling of perpetual annoyance comes from somewhere, and I believe it’s increased over time. Input lag, for example, was something I hardly ever experienced during the 1990s, but it seems to have crept in everywhere since then.
https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf < A Plea for Lean Software (1995).