Am I the only one who said screw it, I'm getting 64GB of ram? The amount of concern about ram, it's not that much more expensive atm to get double or 4x if your already buying a laptop.
I dropped Windows instead. I decided to splurge on RAM when I built my PC a couple years ago, because I like to run lots of VMs simultaneously to test things out. I also use source based package managers which can use a lot of RAM when compiling things in parallel. I have half as much RAM as you, and it feels endless.
Yup. I've even debated 128. Though not because of WSL, i just do some work with high ram needs and having it for when i want it is worth it's cost, easily. Same for storage that isn't Apple based.
This. It's not that expensive; it's not worth your time dancing around over time. I Know it's an entitled view point, but engineers are also generally entitled.
Yes, since I can afford it. I feel bad for all the people out there who are students or otherwise under budget constraints. I go on Reddit or Discord and hear stories from people who are stuck on computers with 4GB RAM dating back to 2015 or earlier.
These people are being left behind, which is a shame. Part of the justification is that anyone who has such old hardware can’t afford to buy your products or services anyways, but that’s a very narrow capitalist lens. These are motivated, intelligent people who could better contribute to our society if we made sure that you could do good development work on old hardware.
