Development on multi-container applications... While I'm mostly work in a terminal window (vim), I do work with other dev environments. I can see from a desktop I use, that I could get away with 24GB (if that was an option), but I can safely avoid swap file usage with 32GB.
wait you need 32gbs of ram for that!? I must be doing something wrong then. I run 2-3 Linux vms(each with 512megs with ~320 megs being used but haven’t checked in awhile, will look again for my own curiosity) while running kubernetes locally with 8 pods and I almost touch all 16gbs. Granted I’m running 1 replica of each project and the biggest one is 1gb of ram (those god damn Scala apps :shakes_fist: ). I also mainly work in my terminal (iterm) running tmux with 4-5 windows open with 2 panels per window.
not dismissing your ram usage but I’m wondering what’s different. I do run slack, mail app, calendar, Firefox and Evernote. This is my everyday workflow for work.
since im also a nerd and curious, I would definitely like to compare your ram usage to mine to see what’s different. It could be your replicas are much heavier in terms of ram usage or some app your running that LOVES memory (besides chrome if you are running chrome).
either way, glad to meet a fellow nerd/dev. I’m a dev ops / sre nerd but I will forever consider my self a sysadmin no matter how much code i write and I have built full applications / projects by myself but still enjoy the “ops” side of stuff cause I love hardware and love understanding the kerne and what not but also enjoy writing code. Definitely couldn’t be a full time dev without being able to understand the system / “hardware” I’m working with or having control to change things in the kernel to make my application run better like net stack, file handles, etc.
Anyway I hope the refresh next month gives you a 4-6 core w/ 32gbs. I know intel CPU’s and RAM go hand to and the Core i9-8950HK can handle 64gbs max but the most I’ve seen in a laptop is 32gbs but for obvious reasons like battery life, tdp and of course cooling, the 13” can’t support it but the 15” (I know there’s numerous opinions on this).
i hope for your sake they do what they did with the 11pro and make the new MacBooks slightly thicker so they can add better cooling for the next gen i7/i9s and still deliver what you want and they want. You want power in a small package and they want great battery life, small package, etc.