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Re:When a rewrite isn’t: rebuilding Slack on the desktop by paulddraper on Monday July 22, 2019 @06:51PM (#20503028)
> Too high for what?

Too high for an app that runs continuously.

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Re:When a rewrite isn’t: rebuilding Slack on the desktop by harryh on Monday July 22, 2019 @07:41PM (#20503287)
Nearly all users continuously run web browsers these days and they all consumer a lot more ram than slack.
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Re:When a rewrite isn’t: rebuilding Slack on the desktop by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday July 22, 2019 @10:58PM (#20504082)
Yes, and that's a problem. Additionally, if the OS and browser are both always running, then there is even less memory left for your app! So this is a stronger argument to use less, not an excuse.
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