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    What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

    Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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      What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

      Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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      Seen this? This weird old tip unlocks running Slack with less than 32GB of RAM[^]

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

        Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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        surely the OS can handle that ...oh wait, it's winduds.

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          What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

          Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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          I recall reading an article roughly 10 years ago where the guru from some tech company (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Adobe, Oracle... - I don't remember) made the argument that being ultra efficient with RAM use was foolish - after all having a bunch of unused RAM isn't helping anything. His advice was use as much as you want and let the OS manage it. Today we see the result of said advice... :doh:

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            What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

            Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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            Free the mallocs!

            Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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              Free the mallocs!

              Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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              Free the Guildford Four! The Birmingham Six! The Renault Five!

              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                if you open Task Manager, and watch Postman's memory usage, you can actually see it adding about 0.1 MB/sec, just sitting there, doing nothing.

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                  I recall reading an article roughly 10 years ago where the guru from some tech company (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Adobe, Oracle... - I don't remember) made the argument that being ultra efficient with RAM use was foolish - after all having a bunch of unused RAM isn't helping anything. His advice was use as much as you want and let the OS manage it. Today we see the result of said advice... :doh:

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  10 news for every delete - that's the way to go. :rolleyes:

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                    Seen this? This weird old tip unlocks running Slack with less than 32GB of RAM[^]

                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                    Marc Clifton
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                    Interesting. I knew it was basically a custom browser, but jeez, I had no idea how bad.

                    Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                      if you open Task Manager, and watch Postman's memory usage, you can actually see it adding about 0.1 MB/sec, just sitting there, doing nothing.

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                      Chris Losinger wrote:

                      just sitting there, doing nothing.

                      Except leaking memory! :laugh: Ironic, I got this email from Postman last week basically tooting their horn about how great they are, how much their customer base has grown, etc. Sad, because their UI sucks, and their app sucks too IMHO.

                      Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                        What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                        Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                        Marc Clifton wrote:

                        consume 1/2 Gig of RAM

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                          What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                          Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                          Tip: use the OneTab Chrome extension to save memory: OneTab - Chrome Web Store[^] :-\

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                            What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                            Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                            Slack App? Why not use the browser? Oh you've covered Chrome! :laugh: I got nothing to say. :doh: Okay wait, I got one important thing to say- Postman is Shit.

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                              What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                              Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                              :thumbsup:

                              Marc Clifton wrote:

                              F***ing insane.

                              Agreed!!

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                                I recall reading an article roughly 10 years ago where the guru from some tech company (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Adobe, Oracle... - I don't remember) made the argument that being ultra efficient with RAM use was foolish - after all having a bunch of unused RAM isn't helping anything. His advice was use as much as you want and let the OS manage it. Today we see the result of said advice... :doh:

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                                raddevus
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                                Mike Mullikin wrote:

                                Today we see the result of said advice..

                                It really does seem that way. All I can think is these apps load everything into memory as a distinct object and then never let it go. It's just crazy -- no lazy loading, no setting things to null after done with use. Just wanton memory eating with no thought.

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                                  Chris Losinger wrote:

                                  just sitting there, doing nothing.

                                  Except leaking memory! :laugh: Ironic, I got this email from Postman last week basically tooting their horn about how great they are, how much their customer base has grown, etc. Sad, because their UI sucks, and their app sucks too IMHO.

                                  Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                  raddevus
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                                  Marc Clifton wrote:

                                  I got this email from Postman last week basically tooting their horn about how great they are,

                                  It's great because it stands alone. There is Fiddler - Free Web Debugging Proxy - Telerik[^] too but it isn't much better (UI or memory leakage).

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                                    What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                                    Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                    There is a resistance however. One of my workmates positively rejects C++ strings because they could be a 'waste of memory' with respect to C arrays of characters.

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                                      What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                                      Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                      640K is enough for anyone! :laugh:

                                      If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

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                                        What in gods green earth would require Slack to consume 1/2 Gig of RAM? It's a fucking messaging app!!! Or Postman, which is really nothing but an awful front-end UI for sending REST API calls and receiving responses? Between the two of them, 1GB. Two Visual Studio instances, another 1.5GB. SQL Server + SSMS, 700MB. And don't even get me started on Chrome. 17 tabs and almost 5GB. Close Chrome, restart with exactly the same 17 tabs, and now it uses a meager 2GB. WTF? On a 16GB machine, I had 90% memory utilization (there are other things too, stuff consuming 200MB, etc). F***ing insane.

                                        Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                        I think that everyone who works in C#, Java, and the other offending languages should be sent to boot camp for a few weeks, to learn C. A few hundred thousand malloc statements later, they'll maybe understand what a bloody mess they're making and relying on microsoft to handle for them!

                                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                          640K is enough for anyone! :laugh:

                                          If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

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                                          "I understand that reference, sir". I think Adobe or Norton should get it engraved on their front door.

                                          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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