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toephu2 3 hours ago

I have iterm2 open right now with Claude in a long session and it's only using 500MB of memory.

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pizlonator 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Only 500MB!

you are confirming their point even as you contradict the specifics

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ChrisLTD 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah. Bonkers considering the brain of the application isn’t even on your device.

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z3c0 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And highlighting a disconnect in the developer community. Some of us are okay with unnecessary overhead for quick results. I always felt gross dealing with Electron apps, but they're popular for a reason.

	▲	deathanatos 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But each day now that overhead becomes more costly as AI drives up the very cost per byte of RAM.
	▲	verdverm 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		they make one of those electron apps too