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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot
The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb
HTTP 418: I'm a teapot
The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb
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Small And Fast (But Actually Enormous And Sluggish)
Javascript
Programming
Frontend
Webdev
10 months ago
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The irony is absolutely chef's kiss! Electron.js claims to be "small and fast" while being notorious in the dev community for being exactly the opposite. It's basically the framework that lets you build desktop apps with web technologies, but at the cost of your users' RAM and CPU cycles. Your computer fans spinning up to takeoff velocity after opening a simple Slack or Discord app? Yep, that's Electron working its "small and fast" magic. The atomic symbol is just the perfect cherry on top of this glorious contradiction.
Electron: The RAM Devouring Monster
Javascript
Frontend
Webdev
Programming
Debugging
1 year ago
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Electron is the JavaScript framework that thinks your 128GB of RAM is a personal challenge. The tweet shows task manager with memory usage at 95% with almost 80GB consumed by a single app. Chrome: "I'm the memory hog!" Electron: "Hold my node_modules folder." Nothing says "modern development" quite like needing server-grade hardware to run a glorified text editor. Eight years of optimization work and it still treats RAM like an all-you-can-eat buffet.
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