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		nv-vn on Feb 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) Discord uses minimum 140mb of RAM when idle on my machine. VS Code is currently idling at 330mb for me (2 files open), and it's a fork of Atom that allegedly performs better.

pitaj on Feb 13, 2019 [–]

VS Code isn't a fork of Atom.

nv-vn on Feb 13, 2019 | [–]

Fair, though it is praised as being efficient for an Electron app

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