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Re:Daydreaming about the future instead of doing work today by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday March 11, 2019 @12:16AM (#19356625)
> I run Slack, vscode, and tons of other apps. Even if they take few gigs of RAM each, there's 62 more where that came from

Okay, and if your apps used sane amounts of resources, then you could do that on <$1000 of hardware - or even <$100 on a Pi or used machine. Sure, on a programmer's budget/salary it's okay to buy expensive hardware, but it still adds up, and you shouldn't need it.

Re:Daydreaming about the future instead of doing work today by jjeaff on Monday March 11, 2019 @01:00AM (#19356801)
I spent $1200 building my system. So not that much more than $1000