Trying to run IntelliJ on a 2017 MacBook Air is like streaming Netflix on a vintage TV from the 80s. Sure, it technically works, but your laptop fans are screaming louder than a junior dev who just deleted production. The JVM is consuming more resources than your entire AWS bill, and every keystroke has a 500ms lag that makes you question your career choices. But hey, at least you can tell everyone you're "optimizing for hardware constraints" while secretly shopping for a new M1.