While my Operating System is installed on a SSD, i install games like Factorio on my HDD. When running on a hard disk, Factorio takes a long time to startup and show the main menu. A significant percentage of that time is spent on IO, reading the game assets from the slow hard disk.
Just wanted to leave some appreciation here. I like that the blog post is so concise but still nicely follow able. Also it seems to prove the loading times quite a bit even though the solution is somewhat rudimentary. Love the spirit 😊