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How do you do it? Do you have a Sql server, MySQL, or postgresql instance running on your machine? Do you aggressively limit how much memory these servers can u
by mcny 5y ago
How do you do it? Do you have a Sql server, MySQL, or postgresql instance running on your machine? Do you aggressively limit how much memory these servers can use?
- scarface74 5y agoMy work x86 Mac laptop that they gave me last year - from the well known tech company that believes in “frugality” - has 8GB of RAM. As a developer[1], I was at first shocked seeing that I came from a 60 person startup that at least gave me a 16GB Dell. Then I realized that since I have the ability to spin up any imaginable resources I need at the click of a button - or by writing a shit ton of yaml - without having to worry about the company getting a large bill from our cloud provider like I did before, I don’t need to run everything locally. I can just open my own AWS account. That being said, I was shocked I only occasionally experience slowness with VSCode, Slack, Outlook, and Chrome running. Occasionally I will have to use PowerPoint or Word. On the rare occasions that I do need a beefier Linux or Windows environment, I use Cloud9 or WorkSpaces. At home with a 1GB up/down connection it isn’t too bad. I don’t know how inconvenient this will be if we ever start traveling. I was hired post Covid. [1] While I spend most of my time developing, I’m officially a consultant in ProServe. I would hope that the SDEs get something beefier.
- k__ 5y agoI'm kinda OCD-ish about what runs on my systems. Otherwise, I mostly run dev related stuff on remote IDEs.