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Re:Buy a Faster CPU by forgotusername6 on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:51AM (#45005178)
Just to do web development? I regularly go into swap running everything I need on my laptop. Ideally I'd have VScode, webpack, and jest running continuously. I'd also occasionally need playwright. That's all before I open a chrome tab.
Re:Buy a Faster CPU by SoftTalker on Sunday August 24, 2025 @12:14PM (#45005396)
This explains a lot about why the modern web is the way it is.
Re:Buy a Faster CPU by thfuran on Sunday August 24, 2025 @12:59PM (#45005791)
I do think a lot of software would be much better if all devs were working on hardware that was midrange five years ago and over a flaky WiFi connection.