Not a dev, just a user.
I've got a 16GB, 7yo Core i5 desktop that was working fine for me. Then it started freezing up. Right after I installed the desktop Discord client. Yep, that thing can freeze it all for up to 2 mins. Also make it unusably jerky until it gets focus back. And lag so much when I type that I can't use cursor keys, only the mouse really.
So I dug into what it's made of: Electron. Sp on behalf of all users: dev with whatever you want, just please not Electron.