You have to separate performance of the application and the runtime. There are a lot of applications out there that are based on electron that are perfectly reasonable that are used by loads of people who by and large don't complain about performance issues. I tend to have several open at any time. Yes, they use a bit more memory. That's why you have virtual memory, ssds, and cheap ram these days. It's a complete non issue for anyone with decent equipment from anywhere in the last five years.
If you are so unlucky to be stuck on an ancient laptop with not enough ram, spinning disk, and an OS that doesnt't do the right things with virtual memory (non stop swapping for no good reason), that's going to be noticeable and annoying. Been there, done that, and it sucks.
If that is the case and you are a professional developer, get some decent gear, set it up properly, and stop whining. If on the other hand you are an end user, adjust your expectations accordingly to the fact that you are running old crappy hardware and don't try to install everything and the kitchen sink; or alternatively just be patient. Most users need nothing else than a browser running these days.
If you are so unlucky to be stuck on an ancient laptop with not enough ram, spinning disk, and an OS that doesnt't do the right things with virtual memory (non stop swapping for no good reason), that's going to be noticeable and annoying. Been there, done that, and it sucks.
If that is the case and you are a professional developer, get some decent gear, set it up properly, and stop whining. If on the other hand you are an end user, adjust your expectations accordingly to the fact that you are running old crappy hardware and don't try to install everything and the kitchen sink; or alternatively just be patient. Most users need nothing else than a browser running these days.