In one case the api I worked on used encrypted IDs on the way out to the client, and decrypted them on the way back to the db. Even when multiple clients referred to the same resource, they would see different public IDs, but any instance of the API could reach the underlying value from those public values.

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Roughly 800MB for me at the moment. 95MB main process, 2 helpers at 50MB and 1 helper at 600MB.

My friends and I used this for benchmarking new PCs. Hardly anyone got over 20fps consistently back then.

A clean Windows install is a must, as others mentionted.

As for hardware - there are really two options. Either a ThinkPad (whichever flavour suits you) or a MacBook Pro with Windows (yes, it works better than most). Hint: the MBP will probably be cheaper, based on your configuration.

Right tool for the job. If you think JS solves everything I would propose you take a few introductory CS courses ;)

But all the hip startups are using JS, it must be the best