[agildehaus]

> This laptop has 16GB

Okay? Having a lot of memory does not mean a program should be wasteful, nor does it mean everyone has that.

[vmchale → agildehaus]

In fact, many/most computers these days have 8GB of RAM.

And in any case, less RAM usage usually means less cache thrashing which in turn means acceptable performance.

[diminoten → agildehaus]

Yes, it actually does, because it redefines wasteful, and the availability of many-GB computers means a lot of people do have access.

This isn't 2008, we don't need to care about 150MB like we used to.

[Camto → diminoten]

> many-GB computers

Most computers nowadays have 4/8GB, it's not that much memory compared to how much Electron uses.

[vmchale → diminoten]

> because it redefines wasteful

how do people write shit like this and not realize how blatantly user-hostile they are??

[diminoten → vmchale]

Because it's not user hostile at all?

[agildehaus → diminoten]

Remind me never to hire you.

[agildehaus → diminoten]

If you have legitimate reason for using 150MB. Developer laziness is NOT a legitimate reason.