As I said elsewhere, I could make do with 16 gigs but I sometimes need to run things like development databases or Windows VMs (plural) on this too and I like the breathing room.
I already said it's a trade-off. Even with multiple instances side by side, VSCode barely registers. A gig of RAM may matter to you but I'm going to guess your needs are very different from mine and VSCode helps me do my job better than the alternatives I've tried.
Also, as you might be unaware of that: you're being a bit of an ass.
I have 16GB of RAM. Although I normally don't use more than 2GB. But as you said, it's sometimes very useful. Especially in the case of running multiple VMs. I too like the breathing room.
> Also, as you might be unaware of that: you're being a bit of an ass.
If you are offended that your favorite text editor uses as much RAM as an entire web browser, then shooting the messenger isn't going to help.
I already said it's a trade-off. Even with multiple instances side by side, VSCode barely registers. A gig of RAM may matter to you but I'm going to guess your needs are very different from mine and VSCode helps me do my job better than the alternatives I've tried.
Also, as you might be unaware of that: you're being a bit of an ass.