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While there are cases where more than 16 GB is needed (if you’re working with a fancy tech stack involving memory hogs such as ES/Kafka/Zookeeper, for example),
by Kwpolska 4y ago
While there are cases where more than 16 GB is needed (if you’re working with a fancy tech stack involving memory hogs such as ES/Kafka/Zookeeper, for example), but outside of the HN bubble, 16 GB is certainly enough for most use-cases, and for lighter usage, you could get by with 8 GB.