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255 points rd07 | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source
1. emrah ◴[] No.41302320[source]
> light weight

Honestly that's not an issue, I would personally not base my judgment on memory usage, unless it is a memory hog.

I know others do but for reasons that go beyond practical. For those that have things to get done, I suspect they think like I do.

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2. unregistereddev ◴[] No.41303537[source]
> I know others do but for reasons that go beyond practical. For those that have things to get done, I suspect they think like I do.

Please don't pass judgement on my preferences or whether they are practical. IntelliJ uses multiple GB of ram. Teams uses most of a gig. My browser uses a couple gigs. Docker containers eat a lot of it. When I am multitasking and everything is a memory hog, I'm forced to choose between using lighter-weight tooling and continually opening and closing apps. Using lighter-weight tooling is the practical choice.

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3. emrah ◴[] No.41332981[source]
You skipped over "unless it is a memory hog". When an app uses multiple gigs, it's a memory hog :-)