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I don't mean to knock this project because it looks interesting and I wish the developer all the best. But, why does every damn project announced have to be "l

• ben_jones 8y ago
  It's like saying something is "fast" - its a platitude that can draw developers to at least look at it, which is hard to do with all the new projects coming out constantly. I feel like to announce it as leightweight you should at least include memory/latency benchmarks.
• iiv 8y ago
  It's a marketing term. It is often not provable either way and sounds good.
• wuliwong 8y ago
  In general I agree with you, I seems to come up a lot with javascript frameworks. But in this case, it's a pretty specific claim, right? The dev is saying that it's lighter on resources than Postman because it's built with Java and not Electron. I think it's fair even given the current overuse of "lightweight."
  • crispinb 8y ago
    It might be fair if true. But is it true? In general java desktop apps that I've used have been heavy users of memory & cpu resources (I don't think any of these were JavaFX-based though). On my system, Everest is using a lot more memory than Insomnia. Perhaps an unfair comparison as Everest is an alpha, whereas Insomnia is very polished. But I see nothing to support the claim.
• ASalazarMX 8y ago
  In my country there's an aphorism that roughly translates as "Tell me what you boast about and I'll tell you what you lack".
• rohitawate 8y ago
  It's lightweight compared to the other options because all the other options are Electron based.