Nemeski@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days agoDiscord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MBwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down14
arrow-up1347arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MBwww.windowslatest.comNemeski@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squarecarrylex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m pretty sure this is just an experiment: Don’t break anything that works The website version of the app can’t be replaced The normal discord app is not that memory hungry it’s usually below 1 GB for me, maybe consider optimizing your existing codebase? A web based client allows for easier customization, better styling and easier creation of modifications
minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe existing app is based on electron. It pretty much can’t be optimised unless you manage to greatly reduce the footprint of Chromium itself.
I’m pretty sure this is just an experiment:
The existing app is based on electron. It pretty much can’t be optimised unless you manage to greatly reduce the footprint of Chromium itself.