Electron is somewhat controversial as an application development framework. Some people complain that the applications that use it aren’t very efficient. Others say they just use RAM and no sense letting it go to waste. So, which is it? Is the tradeoff of developer time for efficiency worthwhile?
We take it as an article of faith that newer cheaper better faster machines come out every year.
Sure, Moore’s Law doesn’t give the gains it once did. And sure, I am looking at buying a laptop today that has literally the exact same amount of RAM as my 10 year old desktop that seems to finally have died. And sure, modern laptops make RAM upgrades impossible because the RAM is soldered on, so I’ll have the same amount of RAM for the next several years over the lifespan of the laptop. So I’ll have the same amount of RAM in my main computer for somewhere between 10 and fifteen years depending on how long the new laptop lasts.
But faith says I’ll have more RAM over time no matter what!
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